Vanity often produces unreasonable alarm.

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.

There is no accounting for tastes.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

Only when one is connected to one's inner core is one connected to others. And, for me, the core, the inner spring, can best be re-found through solitude.

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.

Bucket filling is in the eye of the bucket holder, not the bucket filler. Fill their buckets with things that are important to them ... not you.

The way that you address this right-wing extremism is actually by putting forward a truly progressive agenda. That's the only solution here.

There are women & girls who are pushing the boundaries for what society deems as "normal." We need these pioneers to inspire future generations to dream big and strive to achieve those dreams.

If I were asked to name the chief event in my life, I should say my father's library.

Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.

America is fed up with political correctness, and it is fed up with government that doesn't work. It's fed up with weakness being interpreted as wisdom.

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.

Luck lies in bed, and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labor turns out at six, and with busy pen or ringing hammer lays the foundation of a competence.