There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil - a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

Obstinate, headstrong girl!

She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

The day I understood everything, was the day I stopped trying to figure everything out. The day I knew peace was the day I let everything go.

I think there are lots of ways of leading very good lives and growing spiritually. This process of growth goes on whether we believe it or not.

Most often simplicity defines the true beauty of a great life.

If not me, who? And if not now, when?

All that God requires of us is an opportunity to show what He can do.

When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.

The galleries are simply corporations in the art world - "Here's a million dollars for this latest piece of crap" - but I'm not about to go along with the gallery system.

Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry.

Writer-director John Roecker's debut, Live Freaky! Die Freaky! will have you convulsing on the floor ... with nausea, laughter, or both.

President Trump is going to keep the promises he made to the American people through decisive executive action and through legislation.