“Let no one who loves be unhappy, even love unreturned has its rainbow.”

“The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.”

“His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.”

“You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.”

“That is ever the way. 'Tis all jealousy to the bride and good wishes to the corpse.”

“We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.”

“The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.”

“When I was five years old, I auditioned for the role of 'Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.'”

“Yeah, I spent my teen years in West Virginia, and when I was a kid, in Louisiana. I definitely have that exposure to two different sorts of rural: the South and Appalachia.”

“I never speak in silence.”

“Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable.”

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

“The time to hesitate is through.”

“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.”