The deepest life of nature is silent and obscure; so often the elements that move and mould society are the results of the sister's counsel and the mother's prayer.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

Ignorance must be prosecuted when arrested. The only way for its arrest is by information and the only way for prosecution is through reading and learning of new things.

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.

The Stalker seems to be weak, but essentially it is he who is invincible because of his faith and his will to serve others.

You know you've reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up.

I'm sort of the bossiest sister.

I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting

This is the world you have made yourself, now you have to live in it.

The ring at the end of my nose makes me look rather pretty.

What is important is that one strives to achieve a goal.

When you have a play, you have to be on every night.