She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else.

His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind.

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.

A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .

But he that dares not grasp the thorn Should never crave the rose.

She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else.

There is always a "but" in this imperfect world.

Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.

A man must have something to grumble about; and if he can't complain that his wife harries him to death with her perversity and ill-humour, he must complain that she wears him out with her kindness and gentleness.

Adoration isn't love.

All our talents increase in the using, and every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise: therefore, if you choose to use the bad, or those which tend to evil till they become your masters, and neglect the good till they dwindle away, you have only yourself to blame.

Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one half his days and mad the other.

I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself.

It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever - bless them, dear creatures!

It seems as if life and hope must cease together.

Keep both heart and hand in your own possession, till you see good reason to part with them; and if such an occasion should never present itself, comfort your mind with this reflection: that, though in single life your joys may not be very many, your sorrows, at least, will not be more than you can bear.

No generous mind delights to oppress the weak, but rather to cherish and protect.

There is always a 'but' in this imperfect world.

It is not money my aunt thinks about. She knows better than to value worldly wealth above its price.

Oh I am very weary Though tears no longer flow My eyes are tired of weeping My heart is sick of woe.

The best compliment to a mother is to appreciate her little one.

A light wind swept over the corn and all nature laughed in the sunshine.

A girls affections should never be won unsought.

I love the silent hour of night For blissful dreams may then ariseRevealing to my charmed sight What may not bless my waking eyes.

But he that dares not grasp the thorn. Should never crave the rose.

You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.

We have three cats. It's like having children, but there is no tuition involved.

I like cats. I used to have a lot of cats, but I don't anymore, now I just have a dog. It does take a certain temperament to have a cat, as they do have certain personalities.

We were brash young fellows'. I was always hanging with the older crowd anyway. The musicians were the Hip Cats, and I was hanging with them anyway. I Just started out real early.

I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.

I've always been mad about cats.

We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings?

Perhaps it is because cats do not live by human patterns, do not fit themselves into prescribed behavior, that they are so united to creative people.

Even cats grow lonely and anxious.

If you call a cat, he may not come. Which doesn't happen with dogs. They're different types of animals. Cats are very sexy I think too in the way they move.

Scalded cats fear even cold water.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

I lie around the floor with my cats Billy and Jazz or watch DVDs with my best friends.

It is impossible for a lover of cats to banish these alert, gentle, and discriminating friends, who give us just enough of their regard and complaisance to make us hunger for more.

My quest these days is to find my long lost inner child, but I'm afraid if I do, I'll end up with food in my hair and way too in love with the cats.

My mum loves cats so I took her to see the lion cubs which at about a year old are actually quite big. She wasn't scared at all and went straight over and kissed one on the mouth! She thought they were just like her pets at home.

I have a family and two cats; I get up with my kids early in the morning.

I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.