College mostly makes people like bladders—just good for nothing but t’ hold the stuff as is poured into ‘em.

Even when she was speaking, her soul was in prayer reposing on an unseen support.

You must mind and not lower the Church in people's eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing.

A woman may get to love by degrees—the best fire does not flare up the soonest.

Her own misery filled her heart—there was no room in it for other people's sorrow.

In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider, it is hard to find rules without exception.

You couldn't find a Jewish sheik?

Who cares if you have a girlfriend, anyway?""I care" Simon said gloomily. "Pretty soon the only people left without a girlfriend will be me and Wendell the school janitor. And he smells like windex.

You must let what happens happen. Everything must be equal in your eyes, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, foolish and wise.

I have all I need.

I ran out of strong.

When truth and honesty is successfully intertwined into the business world of a nation, the result is a boost in commerce.

I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.

Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.

Wisdom too often never comes, so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things our own meditation must form our judgement.