This Life is a fleeting breath, And whither and how shall I go, When I wander away with Death By a path that I do not know.

I dwell no more in Arcady, But when the sky is blue with May, And birds are blithe and winds are free, I know what message is for me, For I have been in Arcady.

Youth is thy gift, - the youth that baffles Time.

I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.

I come from a musical family as well as a culinary family.

By the grace of God and with His help, I shall one day be a Liszt in technique and a Mozart in composition

People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness.

I'm just waiting for people to start asking me to make the rain disappear.

I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.

If we are like Christ, we shall seek, not to absorb, but to reflect the light which falls upon others, and thus we shall become pure and spotless.

I want to invest in hard-working families.

I had to get into a place for myself of thinking what I would create for myself if I didn't have to worry about making money.

Banking and after-dinner speaking are two of the most nonessential industries we have in this country. I am ready to reform, if they are.