No one has ever lived who knows better than you the proper placement of footfalls on treacherous paths.

I would rather marry a good man, a man of mind, with a hope and bright prospects ahead for position, fame and power than to marry all the houses, gold and bones in the world.

No one is loved as much as you by the people. Don't waste that power.

In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.

I am convinced, the longer I live, that life & its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed, are [as] when we are suffering greatly, we are inclined to suppose.

My husband is not a Christian but is a religious man, I think.

If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father.

My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.

Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'

Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words.

Beautiful, Glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country.

As he took her handhe gave herall she had beenwaiting for--a shiverdown her spine.

Im 5 ft 1 ½. That bonus ½ is just as important because every little bit matters

Thomas! What are you doing!" and I gestured, "I thought this was Nothing, " covering myself with one of my daybooks, and she said, "It's Something!

I'm interested in Linux because of the technology, and Linux wasn't started as any kind of rebellion against the 'evil Microsoft empire.'

Jesus Christ, in His infinite love, has become what we are, in order that He may make us entirely what He is.

Lady Queen," he said, "You've given me all I want. You're the queen a librarian dreams of.

Because the golden egg gleamed in my basket once, though my childhood became an immense sheet of darkening water I was Noah, and I was his ark, and there were two of every animal inside me

She's as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.

Don't worry about those who talk behind your back, they're behind you for a reason.

I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.