Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.

…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…

…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not, ' laughed Mrs. Jo…

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.

Most people spend most of their lives doing neither what they want to be doing nor what they ought to be doing.

A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.

America is a country born from semi-mythologized blood, glory and acts of selfless patriotic sacrifice.

I'm not as bearish as many others about China. Why? Because China must grow. So I am far more optimistic about China.

Soul is as necessary in a painting as body.

Why isn't everything exploding?!

Usually, I take a hike for a while after submitting a column to Townhall. Too much of my insensitivity can cause emotional problems among proggies, and I am, after all, a compassionate man.

If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.