Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Until death it is all life

Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.

Love and war are exactly alike. It is lawful to use tricks and slights to obtain a desired end.

I swear to hold my tongue about it till the end of your worship's days, and God grant I may be able to let it out tomorrow

...but once more I say do as you please, for we women are born to this burden of being obedient to our husbands, though they be blockheads

... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.

...in the worst of circumstances, the hypocrite who pretends to be good does less harm than the public sinner.

We know already ample experience that it does not require much cleverness or much learning to be a governor, for there are a hundred round about us that scarcely know how to read.

It seems to me a hard case to make slaves of those whom God and nature have made free.

Most times, my mind is just an ongoing, present-tense, first-person monologue. It's like I'm writing a novel.

We submit to the majority because we have to. But we are not compelled to call our attitude of subjection a posture of respect.

Accept life on life's terms and just let things go.

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

Every day, we communicate more with our energy, body language, face and eyes. That really is what communication is, and not so much words. And it's rare that you get to explore that in a film.

Buckwheat may be planted later than any similar crop, and often does well on old meadows or waste land that can be broken after the more exacting crops are planted.

I didn't really have any interest in producing anything.

Don't take too long, Mrs. Cullen

Confusing common causes with special causes will only make things worse.

Come, Lady, die to live.