Our scars make us know that our past was for real

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

I let go of fear and immerse myself in the endless wash of love.

A fool without fear is sometimes wiser than an angel with fear.

Every week I read about myself in a magazine, about something that I haven't done or some place that I've never been or don't even know. It's just gossip, rumors, egos, and politics.

You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union.

The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

I believe in the moment of things and fate and things happening for a reason, so I write things down and I trust it.

If money or military might would change that part of the world... we would have done it by now. Enough is enough.

Our hope is that a new manager, along with roster improvements, will restore a winning culture.

I’ve never loved anyone the way I love you,” he whispered. “Lucky them.