Over-niceness may be under-niceness.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.

'Passion' a word which involves so many feelings. I feel it when we touch; I feel it when we kiss; I feel it when I look at you. For you are my passion; my one true love.

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly.

Patience will be on our side.” “I once heard that patience is a vulture in wait to take out its prey when all seems safe.

My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

The three things that motivate creative people - autonomy, mastery, purpose!

People say there are no atheists in foxholes. A lot of people think this is a good argument against atheism. Personally, I think it's a much better argument against foxholes.

What scares me is how easily it happened.

Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a sovereign nation.

It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.

One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem.

Unless i'm reading an assignment or doing a paper or taking a test, i'm thinking about you.