'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power to do good, riches being another word for power.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.

There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.

The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

Solitude begets whimsies.

Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ).

The life of a working model in L.A. kind of sucks.

Growing up, I saw my dad do charity work for children with health issues. That had a profound effect on me.

When you play a character, you bring yourself into the character. You get a chance to shine and show your translation for the character and her state of mind.

A Bat meeting any one running away, signifies an evasion: for although she have no wings, yet she flies.

Men only act in a state of necessity and usually only recognise necessity in a situation of crisis.

Mirrors should reflect before sending an image.

When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.

Good governance needs self-discipline. Only discipline within can ensure discipline without.

I have sent you nothing but angels