I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.

A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life.

Propensities and principles must be reconciled by some means.

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.

What delusion has come over me? What sweet madness has seized me?

Rapidly, merrily, Life's sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily Enjoy them as they fly!

If you don't love another living soul, then you'll never be disappointed.

I would always rather be happy than dignified.

The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator.

Die without me if you will. Live for me if you dare.

It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.

Misery generates hate.

Remorse is the poison of life.

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.

Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Liberty lends us her wings and Hope guides us by her star.