the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth year.

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.

The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well-meaning.

Some people would never forget certain people, a few people would remember everyone, and most of us would mostly be forgotten.

I'll refrain from making any more comments on any ongoing people involved in the judicial process.

As long as we can be just the sidelight, the side issue, issues that deal with human beings, both men and women and children that should be given more prominence are not.

The true way to gain much is never to desire to gain too much.

I hope that you walk around the corner and you get very surprised.

And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.

If they are just, they are better than clever.

I feel physically ill if I don't make work, I don't create. I don't feel very good. I don't feel right, I feel wrong.

How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!