It Is Right Noble To Fight With

A Human Heart Can Never Grow Old If It Takes A Lively Interest In The Pairing Of Birds, The Reproduction Of Flowers, And The Changing Tints Of Autumn Leaves.

In The First Place, An Unjust Law Exists In This Commonwealth, By Which Marriages Between Persons Of Different Color Is Pronounced Illegal. I Am Perfectly Aware Of The Gross Ridicule To Which I May Subject Myself By Alluding To This Particular; But I Have Lived Too Long, And Observed Too Much, To Be Disturbed By The World's Mockery.

I Was Gravely Warned By Some Of My Female Acquaintances That No Woman Could Expect To Be Regarded As A Lady After She Had Written A Book.

There Was A Time When All These Things Would Have Passed Me By, Like The Flitting Figures Of A Theatre, Sufficient For The Amusement Of An Hour. But Now, I Have Lost The Power Of Looking Merely On The Surface.

Childhood Itself Is Scarcely More Lovely Than A Cheerful, Kindly, Sunshiny Old Age.