Poor woman! She probably thought change of air might agree with many of her children.

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.

She wished such words unsaid with all her heart

But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.

I will not talk of my own happiness, ' said he, 'great as it is, for I think only of yours. Compared with you, who has the right to be happy?

Yet some happiness must and would arise, from the very conviction, that he did suffer.

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

I really enjoyed hanging out with some of the teachers. This one chemistry teacher, she liked hanging out. I liked making explosives. We would stay after school and blow things up.

Germans make nice cars.

In Texas, it's legal for a kid to be in a bar with your parents.

Right now the music is more of a hobby since I'm making a good living as an actress.

That's what makes life so hard for women, that instead of thinking that this is the way things are, we always think it's the way we are.

Race and sexual preferences are two different things. One is a behavior-related and preference-related and one is something inherently - skin color, something obvious, that kind of stuff.

I worked at McDonald's. I cooked. It was one of the toughest jobs I've ever had. These people earn every single penny they get. In fact, they earn way more than they get.

I think understanding or comprehension is probably the strongest emotion that you feel, or at least some kind of empathy.

It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well