The same quickness which makes a mind buoyant in gladness often makes it gentlest and most sympathetic in sorrow.

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.

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

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.

There are so many paths to contentment if you're open to self-delusion.

That bomb that took down that Russian airliner may have been the size of a soda can. And that bomb killed more people than all the Paris attackers combined. So this is still a grave threat.

I think it’d be a great honor to be able to influence someone’s joy.

My cell phone fell off my lap. I was reaching for it in the back.

I perpetuate rumors that I've dated people that I've never actually dated.

Wisdom often consists of knowing what to do next.

Quality doesn't mean we have to be 100 percent better in any one thing; it means we strive to be 1 percent better in 100 things.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

I don't know what "Altmanesque" means, though I suppose I'm flattered by it.

Life is about strategy nottragedy. Make the best one.