Bessie-isms:

*You can be made to acknowledge defeat, but you can not be forced to accept it; only you, within your heart and soul, can drink the bitter poison and make it fatal.

*A scoundrel will often use flattery to save a nickel, to avoid hard work, or to seduce a gentlewoman, who otherwise would have nothing to do with him.

Quotable:

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Seneca