To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.

There is no accounting for tastes.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!

The best way to Prove your critics wrong is to Improve yourself

Pop music is awesome, but I like to keep changing it up.

A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, As Guest, that would be gone

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.

I'm going to continue writing. I'll always be a storyteller. But I'm also taking time to enjoy my life.

The Soul of each one of us is sent, that the universe may be complete.

Hey,” he said softly. He moved closer to the bars, pressing his face between them. “I always said you were jailbait, but this is ridiculous.

I love the idea of women taking control of their money. It's something that many women are not familiar with, but it's crucial.

One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient. Geometry is not true, it is advantageous.

My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time.