Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

The balance-of-payments theory forgets that the volume of foreign trade is completely dependent upon prices

The way of an eagle in the air the way of a serpent upon a rock the way of a ship in the midst of the sea and the way of a man with a maid.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

If the reader cares, I dont think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero.

I draw inspiration from everything. I draw a lot from love, from hate, from anger, from happiness

You are all that I could ever ask for... I Love You very much!

Anybody who helps the poor is delighted.

The more you love, the more you crave.

Joseph Cotten, who said, You know how I got my name? Sammy Davis picked it for me. Never got a dinner!

I don't know why it (stardom) happened-but it's kinda nice. Maybe it's because I'm someone off the streets. Maybe people relate to me.