Don’t be surprise when opposition rises up against you from friendly quarters. It does not stop you from carrying out your kingdom assignment. Be about your father’s business.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn’t really hurt.

She released her grievances like handfuls of birdseed: They are there, and they are gone.

An age cannot bind itself and ordain to put the succeeding one into such a condition that it cannot extend its (at best very occasional) knowledge , purify itself of errors, and progress in general...

I think as long as you’re not being malicious and you’re not hurting people then you should not be ashamed of what you do.

Those who pray for your downfall are concentrating negative thoughts towards you, without taking cognisance of the slippery ground in which they are standing, which could lead to their downfall.