If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

She wished such words unsaid with all her heart

But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.

I will not talk of my own happiness, ' said he, 'great as it is, for I think only of yours. Compared with you, who has the right to be happy?

Yet some happiness must and would arise, from the very conviction, that he did suffer.

…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.

I could feel myself peeking over at him. He was like a seatbelt for my soul.

An apology for the Devil - it must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

As freedom-loving people across the globe hope for an end to tyranny, we will never forget the enormous suffering of the Holocaust.

The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts.

Okay, it was the Tree of Knowledge. "You eat this apple; you're going to be as smart as God." We can't have that.

I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.

Have the #‎ life you want by being fully present to the life you have.

To imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place.

The smile of God is the goal of your life.

Knowing what to do is very, very different than actually doing it.