Men thin away to insignificance and oblivion quite as often by not making the most of good spirits when they have them as by lacking good spirits when they are indispensable.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

That aspects are within us; and who seems Most kingly is the King.

O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses] her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.

Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?

Three passions simple but overwhelmingly strong have governed my life: the longing for love the search for knowledge and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife.

Don't let other people tell you who you are.

Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?

If you want to get to the top, there's always the risk that it will isolate you from other people.

The law of work seems unfair, but nothing can change it; the more enjoyment you get out of your work, the more money you will make.

When justice has spoken, humanity must have its turn.

When I say R&B is dead, I'm pretty much saying the creativity is gone.

Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the toes of your feet.