Thinking has, many a time, made me sad, darling; but doing never did in all my life....My precept is, do something, my sister, do good if you can; but at any rate, do something.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

It’s difficult to ever go back to the same places or people. You turn away, even for a moment, and when you turn back around, everything’s changed.

When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'

In books, the proportion of exceptional to commonplace people is high; in reality, very low.

What is more important than reading books; is reading people's faces.

Although there are real hazards in saying yes to life, they are inconsequential when compared to the regrets that come with saying "no".

Why are you so docile when you give up your child to a government agent called a schoolteacher?

I want teachers to teach, and I want Oreos to be eaten.

Nothing is as depressing as absolute logic. Look at the maze of French politics perpetrated by a logical people.

Ray Gomez is truly an unsung hero in American music.

You reach your audience at the moment when you really have something to say - that is, when you're not just delivering a performance.