Without good company all dainties Lose their true relish, and like painted grapes, Are only seen, not tasted.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.

He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

In search of that beat that my heart skipped when I first saw your beautiful soul...

Keenness is dangerous but also rebirth of thought and mind. Complacency is the death of ideals. Always stay keen.

If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you!

There is only one thing to learn and that is how to love and how to be loved.

If you want to eat chocolate or cakes, you have to eat it in the morning, for breakfast or lunch - don't eat it in the night.

[I] wish that the land-tax went a little more according to situation than it does. 'Tis really ridiculous, how one has to pay five times as much as another, without any reason that ever I heard tell.

Ah, I like the look of packing crates! A household in preparation for a journey! ... Something full of the flow of life, do you understand? Movement, progress...

It was as if Hannah had sprung a leak and her character, usually so meticulous and contained, was spilling all over the place.

I remember at the age of six regaling my poor little sister with stories about the planets, and how far away they were and which ones might have life.

A recent study announced that 52 per cent of all teens who sign virginity pledges recant them within twelve months. If I'm on my game.