To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.

He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

We have not an hour of life in which our pleasures relish not some pain, our sours, some sweetness.

I think most are too afraid to see the truth.

Sharing our love is the highest form of bliss.

Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.

I live, eat, spend, travel, support a family, entertain.....but I do not go to work. There is something wrong. My nest egg just keeps growing.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up.

If we forget the past, individually or as a culture, we lose knowledge that has already been gained, and we lose valuable tools by which our knowledge may grow.

I regret often that I have spoken never that I have been silent.

It's painful to consider anything but writing.

I don't really have any childhood memories of my dad, unfortunately, .. I was 10 years old when he passed, so my memories are kind of skewed. I don't have many memories of my childhood, period.

He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not.