Under the shadow of earthly disappointment, all unconscious to ourselves, our Divine Redeemer is walking by our side.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

Marriage is a mutual friendship.

The traits that bother you in other people are the Coping Skills they developed automatically, as a result of their life experience.

In academic life you seek to state absolute truths in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.

By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.

She had won the battle against her memories. But one form of torture remained, untouched by the years, the torture of the word "why?

My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.

The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement.

Could words and symbols wield such power? Could mere scribblings on parchment unmake a person's moral fiber? Weren't we made of sterner stuff?

What really happened was one day I decided to write a new kind of play.

If you don't go and do something in life, nothing happens.