You may well warn me against such an evil. Human nature is so prone to fall into it!

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

What are men to rocks and mountains?

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

Obstinate, headstrong girl!

She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

…I realized my happiness was artificial. I felt happy because I saw the others were happy and because I knew I should feel happy, but I wasn't really happy.

be the kiss in my hairthat no one seesmove, when i movesigh, when i sigh...be that line from a poemthat i hold in my eyes.

Life has its enigmatic events, that can make it a mystery, or my misery. It all depends on how I view it.

Nothing lasts for long. Even moments of beauty transcend and transform.

No man hates God without first hating himself.

Human beings are fundamentally good.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

Of course, without God, there is no value to life. That leads to immorality, that leads to sexual abuse, and there is no hope.

He (Bob Gibson) pitches as though he's double-parked.

Gun bans don't disarm criminals, gun bans attract them.