I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

We are too focused in our differences to see how much we already share.

T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.

There can be no merit in believing something which you can neither explain nor understand.

When I say “when you’re always almost lonely, you forget to take it slowly,” I mean that you don’t always take care of yourself.

The whole concept of this band is to present the ugly truth about society - warts and all, and let the chips fall where they may.

The influence of mystery is the greatest influence.

Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron.

Progress, of the best kind, is comparatively slow

Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes.