Surprise is the warrior's greatest weapon
A cunning woman is a knavish fool.
To argue against any breach of liberty from the ill use that may be made of it, is to argue against liberty itself, since all is capable of being abused.
How much the wife is dearer than the bride.
Beauty, like wit, to judges should be shown; Both most are valued where they best are known.
Wit is not levelled so much at the muscles as at the heart; and the latter will sometimes smile when there is not a single wrinkle on the cheek.
A woman's noblest station is retreat.
See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ.
I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess.
I wish I could sing. I love singers, but I am way too shy. Scares the hell out of me.
Uncertainty as to our relationship with God is one of the most enfeebling and dispiriting of things. It makes a man heartless. It takes the pith out of him. He cannot fight; he cannot run. He is easily dismayed and gives way. He can do nothing for God. But when we know that we are of God, we are vigorous, brave, invincible. There is no more quickening truth than this of assurance.