Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice.

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.

There is no accounting for tastes.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

I can dream, though - can't I, for myself? Even if you have not the imagination or the soul?

Some grief shows much of love, But much of grief shows still some want of wit.

Sometimes it's the tiniest things that can mean the difference between life and death.

No one’s life ever goes as they planned. That truth alone should bring a sense of relief to everyone.

I always wanted to make sure my parents didn't have to work again for the rest of their lives.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

I've never been the wilting flower. I've never been the girl who's subservient to a man.

What I didn't do was pick one thing and keep saying it over and over again, so I could have gotten credit for it.

As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate.

I was always attracted to characters that were in some level of turmoil or suffering because I had so much of that in my own life and I wanted to channel it. I was always into darker things.