A person's character is but half formed till after wedlock.

Integrity is the first step to true greatness.

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.

Live only for today, and you ruin tomorrow.

Sickness is the vengeance of nature for the violation of her laws.

Infidelity is seated in the heart; its origin is not in the head. It is the wish that Christianity might not be true, that leads to an argument to prove it.

Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.

Me?" All the crappiness of the day, of the last few weeks, zeroed in on this high and mighty B with an itch, and the scared-rabbit feeling faded.

I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.

The ball is like a woman, she loves to be caressed.

Oh the piercing sadness of life in the midst of its ordinariness!

It's not so hard to get rich as it is to know when you have gotten rich.

Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.

The difference between a hero and an also-ran is the guy who hangs on for one last gasp.

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