So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.

Doubts in your mind are a much greater roadblock to success than obstacles on the journey.

Employment frees man from the nightmare of unemployment, while it chains him to his employer’s dream.

Everything begins with failing. If you stop to fail, then your failing to stop, to try and try again, and bring success.

Struggle is the meaning of life; defeat or victory is in the hands of God. But struggle itself is man’s duty and should be his joy.

Writing lets you step back and think through a problem. Even the angriest rant forces the writer to achieve a degree of thoughtfulness.

An anarchist is an uncomprimising liberal.

I want to work with Justin Timberlake.

Christy Turlington is my idol. She really is. She's a gorgeous woman inside and out. I admire her work in the charity field. She's just been able to balance it all - and gracefully, as well.

I don’t mean to make a big deal out of sobriety, by the way. Of all the modes of human consciousness available to the modern consumer I consider it to be the most overrated.

The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.