No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.

Prayer is sacred act for all seasons.

Love who you are. Love and be what you want to be.

I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It's just a different style of humor.

We don't have this huge footprint, we are less likely to be targeted as, you know, occupiers [in Afghanistan and Iraq].

What we share with another ceases to be our own.

I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life.

When people come in the door and they have something, discovering and exploring the character is a real joy.

I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.

When you have Jessica Davenport in the middle, with some very, very good shooters around her and a good point guard, they have the pieces

Comets importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky And with them scourge the bad revolting stars.