Begin nothing without considering what the end may be.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.

There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.

The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

Solitude begets whimsies.

I hate you. I love you. But I am free.

When Eleanor Roosevelt was asked if she had any regrets about her life she replied "Just one. I wish I had been prettier."

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Different people feel differently about resigning

The first time I went to therapy, I had to stop going because they were making me hate my parents.

All stories, if continued far enough, end in death.

I have a lot of compact discs. I need them for radio play and convenience. Many bands and artists I am a fan of don't always release their work on vinyl, so I take what they feel like giving me.

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

We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.

Failure shows us the way - by showing us what isn't the way.