He always smiles, even when contemplating nothing good.

Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.

England is never in a hurry because she is eternal.

In the presence of the storm, thunderbolts, hurricane, rain, darkness, and the lions, which might be concealed but a few paces away, he felt disarmed and helpless.

...he began to fear whether in the presence of far greater events, all his acts would not fade into insignificance, just as a drop of rain disappears into the sea.

She knew he was gone when his " call me when you reach home " reduced to " bye " and his unsaid goodnight with kisses turned to " gn tc sd ". ~

Whatever you can dream and believe, you can achieve.

Does anybody remember the day when family was family, a woman was a woman, and a man was a man?

Sweet are the uses of adversity.

Love and compassion ... are the ultimate source of human happiness, and the need for them lies at the very core of our being.

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

Cherish your family connections. They are one of God's greatest ways of demonstrating his love and fellowship.

I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.

As Jane Austen might have put it: It is a truth universally acknowledged that young protagonists in search of adventure must ditch their parents.

Great innovations should not be forced on slender majorities.