"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"

"Abraham Lincoln. When he met Stowe, it is claimed that he said, "So you're the little woman that started this great war!"

"Tom opened his eyes, and looked upon his master. "Ye poor miserable critter!" he said, "there ain't no more ye can do! I forgive ye, with all my soul!" and he fainted entirely away."

"Could I ever have loved you, had I not known you better than you know yourself?"

"It is generally understood that men don't aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world."

"Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise."

"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."

"No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man"

"But it is often those who have least of all in this life whom He chooseth for the kingdom. Put thy trust in Him and no matter what befalls thee here, He will make all right hereafter."

"We never know how we love til we try to unlove!"

"Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad."

"I did not write it. (Uncle Tom's Cabin) God wrote it. I merely did his dictation."

"Humankind above all is lazy."

"And, perhaps, among us may be found generous spirits, who do not estimate honour and justice by dollars and cents."

"I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first."

"Women are the real architects of society."

"I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people's glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for them to stone."

"O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!"

"I am braver than I was because I have lost all; and he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks."

"Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!"

"So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words."

"What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia."

"For, so inconsistent is human nature, especially in the ideal, that not to undertake a thing at all seems better than to undertake and come short."

"Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."