She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him

Money and titles may be hereditary," she would say, "but brains are not,".

There is such wonderful balm in self-imposed sacrifice.

Even the worst moments and the weariest journeys must come to an end.

In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny.

We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops

Virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when it is crushed.

Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.

Odd's fish, m'dear! The man can't even tie his own cravat!

The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.

Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them.

Its a sign of weakness to lament about things which you entirely have no control over.

Death and taxes and childbirth. There's never any convenient time for any of them.

Success is when the checks don’t bounce.

A lot of times if you go to counseling you find out the thing we think are big issues to our partner is not near as big as we think it is.

We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains.

No human being is immune to adversity or personal setbacks.

You can't conserve what you haven't got.

He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.

The gap between current conditions and your future vision should be your focus