I love you so passionately, that I hide a great part of my love, so as not to oppress you with it.

Not to find pleasure in serious reading gives a pastel coloring to the mind.

There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things

The heart has no wrinkles.

We are never satisfied with having done well; and in endeavoring to do better, we do much worse.

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

When I step into this library, I cannot understand why I ever step out of it.

There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night.

I dislike clocks with second-hands; they cut up life into too small pieces.

I know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.

... we ought to be astonished at nothing; for what do we not meet with in our journey through life?

Good writing is good writing, whatever form it takes and whatever we call it.

The soul that has no established aim loses itself.

Well I just figure any man who risks his neck to save a dog's life isn't going to kill someone for gold teeth.

I had good relationships with stores. And I was like, "All right, I'll self-publish it. But I'm only going to do 1,000."

Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy.

To understand is to possess the thing understood, first by sympathy and then by intelligence.

I meet people every single day who have heard the music and incorporated it into their lives. I feel like I have a tribe all around the world.

People who do comedy are always underrated because they make it look so easy.

When you usually are not ready to chance the standard you'll need to settle for the standard.

You have attained maturity; display it for us, if you please.