Truth and tears clear the way to a deep and lasting friendship. True friendship is never serene.

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind.

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

The heart has no wrinkles.

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

I know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.

... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?

There is forgiveness for every soul.

Have courage to go your own way and fulfil the dreams that are unique and important to you.

I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped for the mechanical things, people need the use of their hands to feel creative.

People do not connect with what happened last week, let alone what happened 20 years ago.

If you're really concerned about deficits, you cannot take seriously a budget that would give $30 billion a year worth of tax cuts to not just the top 1 percent but the top 0.1 percent.

The dogs absolutely do bark and play with each other, even though [Marino] says she trains them not to be noisy. But they're animals; that's what they do.

I'm a great whittler. I can whittle a marshmallow stick really quickly. I don't think anyone whittles anymore, they should!

I’m trying to do better than good enough.

I grew up in New York in an English-speaking environment.

Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.