The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart.
It ain't what things actually are, it's all they stand for.
Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.
It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.
Women can always think as much as they like, an' they could get up on a platform an' talk till they bust, as long as they didn't want the world to be made no better, an' they wouldn't be thought unwomanly. It's soon as a woman wants any practical good done that she is considered a unwomanly creature.
Girls! Girls! Those of you who have hearts, and therefore a wish for happiness, homes and husbands by and by, never develop a reputation for being clever.
Men always say there is no female Shakespeare. ' 'Humph! You study the fellows who say that, and you'll see they are a long way from being Shakespeares themselves. Why shouldn't women have the same privilege?
When what we are is what we want to be, that's happiness.
I lift my voice of warning against praising or flattering your ministers. I have seen the evil, the dreadful evil, of praising ministers. Never, never speak a word in the praise of ministers to their faces. Exalt God.
Fan mail is one thing, but fans you meet in person are a different matter entirely.
If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not hungry.