True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is nature's tablet, the truth is certainly written thereon.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

Because I'm from North Carolina, you think I'm the Andy Griffith show, or something?

I don't sit down and have meals too often, unless I go out for dinner.

As in the war of 1941-45, our victory and our survival depend on how and where we attack.

When people ask what you do, tell them you're a writer. Put yourself on the line. Make a commitment.

Wealth is a great sin in the eyes of God. Poverty is a great sin in the eyes of man.

You grow more when you get more people's perspective.

Women serve as guardians of culture, upholders of society.

It's not easy being so frightened of everything. And when I think of how much I've improved in the last year, I wonder when I'll ever get finished with making changes and be really grown up.

You can do anything to my food and I'll still eat it.

I'm just trying to do my best every day, hoping that I have done my best every day, and its very easy in a way, but also it's not that easy. Every day counts.