The violence of sorrow is not at the first to be striven withal; being, like a mighty beast, sooner tamed with following than overthrown by withstanding.

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.

In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.

It is a great happiness to be praised of them that are most praise-worthy.

My true love hath my heart, and I have his

The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Like the air-invested heron, great persons should conduct themselves; and the higher they be, the less they should show.

Happiness is a sunbeam, which may pass though a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray.

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you will enjoy it

Cupid makes it his sport to pull the warrior's plum.

I cannot live my life striving only for my own security, I can only feel secure when I see myself useful in other people's life.

Knowing your inner voice and how you will confront it, is like talking to yourself in front of the mirror and appreciate it.

Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to be a bore.

As you were, I was. As I am, you will be.

A tender heart is a wakeful, watchful heart. It watches against sin in the soul, sin in the family, sin in the calling, sin in spiritual duties and performances.

It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.

Actresses are required to perform the epitome of a certain type of femininity.

Don't let anyone speak for you, and don't rely on others to fight for you.

The interesting part about the writing process is that you can never see all the way to the end, not if something is happening over the course of a year and a half, or two years.

His enemies had counted on the lions taking care of Daniel. What they hadn't counted on was his God taking care of Daniel.