To yield readily--easily--to the persuasion of a friend is no merit.... To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Don’t walk in front of me… I may not followDon’t walk behind me… I may not leadWalk beside me… just be my friend

Nothing will do me any good unless I learn to control this body of mine.

The afterlife I'm not so sure about. So, I don't understand why you'd want to hurt other people in thinking that you'll go on in the afterlife to have bliss. I just don't understand it.

We follow ideas and not men, and rebel against this habit of embodying a principle in a man.

A white man killed the mules and our cows that knocked us right back down. And things got so tough then I began to wish I was white.

I think 9/11 guaranteed that national security is going to be in the forefront of every election.

Teach your children or your grandchildren Chinese. It is going to be the most important language of their lifetimes.

The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

I've never been shocked by anything on television, except the news.