To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire.

Happiness is the ability to recognize it.

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife, This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.

Insistent advice may develop into interference, and interference, someone has said, is the hind hoof of the devil.

I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

Actions lie louder than words.

Of two evils choose the prettier.

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

Nonsense makes the heart grow fonder.

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

Ah, Lovely October, as you usher in the season that awakens my soul, your awesome beauty compels my spirit to soar like an leaf caught in an autumn breeze and my heart to sing like a heavenly choir.

I really don't over-theorize about design. I'd rather feel it than talk it to death. A lot happens as you unroll the design.

It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you

This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes.

If there is going to be change, real change, it will have to work its way from the bottom up, from the people themselves. That's how change happens.

The world other than as advertised can be an amazing place.

Violent resistance and nonviolent resistance share one very important thing in common: They are both a form of theater seeking an audience to their cause.

It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible.

Adults acting like children and children acting like adults is generally a pretty reliable comic device.

I've always thought of myself as a woman who works hard, believes in herself, and wants to accomplish as much as possible.