My dancing days are past.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.

He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

Be great!

You leave a rumor long enough, give it the right soil, and it'll grow into a fact . . .

Ask yourself the question: If I don't do it, who will? If you find the answer is no one will do it, then do it yourself.

We aren't different, from the others.

If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others?

Don't disparage America's military.

Amazing what the application of a knitting needle could do for one's manners.

Well, I Am... I Said was a very difficult song, very difficult because I really had to spend a lot of time thinking about what I was before the song was written.

It is, of course, the merest truism to say a party is of use only so far as it serves the nation.

When we first sort of break in or bust into the house, if you will, there's some tough love.