...she moved about in a mental cloud of many-coloured idealities, which eclipsed all sinister contingencies by its brightness.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

That aspects are within us; and who seems Most kingly is the King.

O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses] her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.

Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?

Love sustains us in our challenges, in our search for truth, in our quest for happiness.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

A person who can write a long letter with ease cannot write ill.

If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.

Too much good taste can be boring

Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.

Marriage is a duet or duel.

I do have the cheesiest of cheesy chat-up lines used on me.

Proscription, martial law, the billeting of the rude troops, the tax collector, the unjust judge, anything at all, is sweeter than responsibility.

I’m glad you think so. I’ve always considered my sense of humor to be largely underappreciated, so it’s nice to finally meet a fan.