Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Try to be of some use to others.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

If religion might be judged of according to men's intentions, there would scarcely be any idolatry in the world.

A step from the past always demands a step in the mind backed by a robust action. The very place you fall is the very place you make the first move to move.

The present is an edifice which God cannot rebuild.

I have made speeches urging women to adopt methods of rebellion such as have been adopted by men in every revolution.

Mausoleum, n: the final and funniest folly of the rich.

After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive.

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.

We must not pull away from our children. We must keep trying, keep reaching, keep praying, keep listening. We must keep them within the clasp of our arms.

Don't believe in success. Rather than that, believe in the amount of your effort and passion.

Because this is the beauty of strangers: we're all just doing our best to help each other out, motivated not by karma but by a natural instinct to help the greater whole.

Survey 2001: Men who never married, never had a child, worked full time and were college educated earn only 85% of what women with the same criteria earn.