There are eyes half defiant, Half meek and compliant; Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm To bring us good or to work with harm.

Never is true love blind, but rather brings an added light.

All the great blessings of my life are present in my thoughts today

And though hard be the task, keep a stiff upper lip.

Sometimes, I think the things we see are shadows of the things to be; that what we plan we build

And never since harvests were ripened, / Or laborers born, / Have men gathered figs of the thistle, / Or grapes of the thorn!

Only yield when you must, never "give up the ship," but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!

Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure them homage.

Come up, April, though the valley, / In your robes of beauty drest, / Come and wake your flowery children / From their wintry beds of rest.

Ah, there are moments for us here, when, seeing Life's inequalities, and woe, and care, The burdens laid upon our mortal being Seem heavier than the human heart can bear.

Give plenty of what is given to you, And listen to pity's call. Don't think the little you give is great, And the much you get is small.

What if happiness was a choice?

Mist in the morning is Earth’s morning breath…

We don't need inspiration to do something, we just need interest.

I've always enjoyed playing a little left of center characters. Otherwise I'd be on a soap opera.

The mind is the eyesight of the soul.

Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.

Getting lost in a place like this you can almost guarantee that you aren't going to make it out here.

Obamacare is going to destroy everything we know as a nation.

I was just lucky enough to grow up in a time when they actually had drama departments in schools.

In youth, grief comes with a rush and overflow, but it dries up, too, like the torrent. In the winter of life it remains a miserable pool, resisting all evaporation.