“There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.”

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

Some people are nobody’s enemies but their own.

It is an old prerogative of kings to govern everything but their passions.

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.

Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

To a young heart everything is fun.

Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.

True love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.

I loved you madly; in the distasteful work of the day, in the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions into which I rushed, carrying your image in my arms, I loved you madly.

New thoughts and hopes were whirling through my mind, and all the colors of my life were changing.

The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.’ Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Yes. He is quite a good fellow – nobody’s enemy but his own.

I am what you designed me to be. I am your blade. You cannot now complain if you also feel the hurt.

But the mere truth won’t do. You must have a lawyer.