You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

Facts or opinions which are to pass through the hands of so many, to be misconceived by folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly have much truth left.

There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison

An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous.

She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

Time will explain.

A lady, without a family, was the very best preserver of furniture in the world.

I frequently observe that one pretty face would be followed by five and thirty frights.

It would be most right, and most wise, and, therefore must involve least suffering.

The holy faith is the fear of God.

Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become.

Prayer is not about asking what you want, but what God wants.

It is not good to play with a delicate heart, my dear. Pain you will know. When someone will play with your heart.

I stopped dieting on plain, boring, unsatisfying food and started eating rich, delicious meals full of flavor and, yes... fat. I got skinny on fat and realized I would never have to diet again.

Thank God, men that art greatly guilty are never wise.

I have an artistic temperament, which is a really tragic thing.

It's very difficult leaving the house anytime with my baby at home.

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

Making money isn't a bad thing at all - it allows for a lot more freedom.