There is a certain delicacy which in yielding conquers; and with a pitiful look makes one find cause to crave help one's self.

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.

God is joy. Joy contains light that illuminates your entire being and those that come in contact with you.

Oliver has stated many times his dislike of hearing advice from his younger sister, so it is his own fault if he has not got sense enough to see which way the wind is blowing.

I don't think I've ever been as scared in my life as I was to be extraordinarily honest with my kids.

It was a brutal picture, a tug-of-war between two equal but opposing impulses. It had the ring of truth, however.

Because I’m an English ninja,” Tanith replied. “We’re just like regular ninjas, except we wear leather and flirt more.

The structure is there, and will automatically provide the pattern for the action which follows.

I never thought my cotton gin would change history.

If I had one day when I didn't have to be all confused and didn't have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?

Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.

The only remedy against the malady of life is life itself. The bane is its own antidote.