Patience is nobler motion than any deed.

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced.

Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent.

Every pure thought is a glimpse of God.

Gentleness and kindness will make our homes a paradise upon earth.

Hope is the parent of faith.

Fine manners are like personal beauty,--a letter of credit everywhere.

Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.

Self-condemnation is God's absolution; and pleading guilty, acquittal at his bar.

Religion is indeed woman's panoply; no one who wishes her happiness would divest her of it; no one who appreciates her virtues would weaken her best security.

Nothing is an absolute reality, all is permitted.

Silence is the most expensive to buy.

Life is a dream. I awake it is a reality.

Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source.

He who know most grieves most for wasted time.

Truly, to blame the president for high gas prices is like blaming Rudy Giuliani for 9/11.

learning 's a gift, even when "pain" ,s your teacher!

Printer's ink, when it spells out a doctor's promise to cure, is one of the subtlest and most dangerous of poisons.

The tiniest bits of opinion sown in the minds of children in private life afterwards issue forth to the world, and become its public opinion; for nations are gathered out of nurseries.

I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's beautiful: an energetic little skeleton.

Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]