Letitia Elizabeth Landon

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

Delicious tears! The heart's own dew.

Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; without it, we are little, false, and mean.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.