No woman dresses below herself from mere caprice.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

What you think is a seed, what you say is the bud, and what you do is the fruit.

Lack of will power has caused more failures than lack of intelligence or ability.

Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.

You hang out with trash and you start to smell like garbage.

I caught a lot of flak for being a young mama.

To be honest, my goal is very clear. It's to have many people listen to my music. I want to confirm my existence even more by standing on a large stage.

I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.

One of the things that wrong with pictures today, I think, is that so many of the people making them started out wanting to.

The Constitution says Congress has complete control over who is and who is not a US citizen.

He who is good is happy.