“They tried stoning me, my dear. It did not work.”

Family is the only real wealth.

Loathesome I am, and evil. You can mock me for that. But leave my pain alone!

There was much bitterness in the family. There were even those who would liked to have considered Barnabas Collins dead. But he lived on. He lived on-and outlived his enemies.

Without grace there is no hope, but with it there is no shortage.

Some men live their lives terrified. Terrified of the night and all that is dark. I will live my life eternally in fear of the light of day.

Love means never having to say you’re sorry. However, it is with sincere regret that I must now kill all of you.

I have already prepared my counter proposal. It reads thusly: you may strategically place your wonderful lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly!

It is said that blood is thicker than water. It is what joins us, binds us, curses us.

And when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation.

Hang on for dear life. You’ve got a better grip than you realize.

Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.

To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God.

A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths.

Come, dear children, let us away; Down and away below!

I fear no one, but respect everyone.

Patience, my dear, in all things, but especially in love.