"Pity is a sense of our own..." - Quote by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?”

“The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.”

“Hope and fear are inseparable.”

“Is there no pity sitting in the clouds, That sees into the bottom of my grief?”

“A woman's pity sometimes makes her mad.”

“The problem with pity parties is very few people come, and those who do don't bring presents.”

“When you hear people making hateful comments, stand up to them. Point out what a waste it is to hate, and you could open their eyes.”

“Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.”

“I said to my children, 'I'm going to work and do everything that I can do to see that you get a good education. I don't ever want you to forget that there are millions of God's children who will not and cannot get a good education, and I don't want you feeling that you are better than they are. For you will never be what you ought to be until they are what they ought to be.”