Children will grow up substantially what they are by nature--and only that.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

Thinking about something is the surest way to miss out on the beauty of that actual something.

I pity the atheist, for he can never fully appreciate a sinful pleasure.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Success produces success, just as money produces money.

When I step in the ring, I bring everything I have.

Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural.

Enemies of the Heir, beware! You'll be next, Mudbloods!

I'm in this whole flow of doing certain art pieces without commerce.

Poisinet's verses are like spoiled children - loved only by their father.

Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.