We must not be guilty of taking the law into our own hands, and converting it from what it really is to what we think it ought to be.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

You do not need words to tell the truth.

I didn’t want to dream of you anymore, so I quit sleeping.

Sometimes by failing we find a better opportunity to win.

The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves or rather loved in spite of ourselves.

Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you.

Notice, we never pray for folks we gossip about, and we never gossip about the folk for whom we pray! For prayer is a great deterrent.

I'm a Jane Austen/Jane Eyre kind of girl.

It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat.

Much like a patchwork quilt, inspiration that stirs and motivates me is made of many things.

Trust is won not given.