An honest man is the best thing on the sod; but a mother and her babe is the noblest work of God.

What a good-for-nothing-fellow Charles is to bespeak the stockings - I hope he will be too hot all the rest of his life for it! -

Jane Austen

Man?s power of choice enables him to think like an angel or a devil, a king or a slave. Whatever he chooses, mind will create and manifest.

Frederick Bailes

One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

Madame Swetchine

When I think of all the harm the Bible has done, I despair of ever writing anything equal to it.

Oscar Wilde

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills;we shall never surrender.

Sir Winston Churchill

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

Bertrand Russell

A word spoken in season, at the right moment, is the mother of ages.

Thomas Carlyle

My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.

Sherman Alexie

Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.

Pamela Anderson

I believe in communication books communicate ideas and make bridges between people.

Jeanette Winterson

It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray; When without or within No voice of sin Is luring your soul away. But it is only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. For the soul that is worth the treasures of the earth is the soul that resists desire.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

You try to make plans for people, and the people make other plans

Terry Pratchett