The conservative may clamor against reform, but he might as well clamor against the centrifugal force. He sighs for the "good old times,"--he might as well wish the oak back into the acorn.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

When we do the hard, intimate work of friendship, we bring a little more of the divine into daily life.

If we do something over and over, it becomes normal. If we see the same thing over and over it becomes normal.

You would never know how ambitious you could become until you start surrounding yourself with some highly ambitious positive minded people.

I was cured in my new infamy of all the tired wisdom of age. I would never weary into that tired state again---I swore to myself, I would always be this raw, wet child hereafter...

The world remains ever the same.

The old saying holds. Owe your banker �1000 and you are at his mercy; owe him �1 million and the position is reversed.

The most inspirational man I knew only reached his potential by helping a child reach his.

Intimacy requires courage because risk is inescapable.

There's no good story without romance.

Letizia Gambi is a stunning vocalist