Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Stop trying to be a magician. The past won’t come back. It likes its safety in memory.

Resistance is the secret of joy!

Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.

People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?

The point is, life has to be endured, and lived. But how to live it is the problem.

When you consider the opportunity and power He had to really do a job, and then look at the stupid, ugly little mess He made of it instead, His sheer incompetence is almost staggering.

If you expect greatness, greatness shouldn't surprise you.

If a person kills a tree before its time, it is like having murdered a soul.-Rabbi Nachman

I'm not good at talking to strangers, whether they're sick children or they're - I'm just not good. I'm shy with it.

The more divided people of color are in a system of white supremacy/privilege, the weaker they will be, both individually and collectively.