She had nothing to wish otherwise, but that the days did not pass so swiftly. It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

we talk of plans that are going to happen.we talk of the future, as if we know we will last.there is a sort of comfort in that.

Our children are being raised by appliances.

America will be a prosperous, generous, and inclusive society.

The dance is the highest symbol of life itself.

Almost all the opinions we have are taken on authority and on credit.

Without death, our lives would have no meaning. Death frames our end for us and also puts a value on things.

One ends up with a landscape one has never seen before but it is presumably the landscape you were feeling as you started the painting.

How can we know who is the other until we know who is the self?

God evaluates by this criterion: How much love you invest in what you do is more important than how you do. The one who loves much is actually the one who does much.