What had she to wish for? Nothing, but to grow more worthy of him whose intentions and judgment had been ever so superior to her own.

You must be the best judge of your own happiness.

Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

Without music, life would be a blank to me.

Nobody, who has not been in the interior of a family, can say what the difficulties of any individual of that family may be.

Respect for right conduct is felt by every body.

She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.

The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage!

Trusting that you will some time or other do me greater justice than you can do now.

My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?

Time did not compose her.

Every person has a season for knowledge.

It's obvious you shouldn't steal, kill or be cruel.

Congress may be going home for the holidays soon. How can you beat a Christmas gift like that?

My parents could not be more Italian.

When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.

Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan.

That's what prison did for me, it isolated me, you know, it polished me up like a stone.

I hate wearing trousers and shoes. I wear jeans and sneakers most of the time.