We had some port, and drank damnation to the play and eternal remorse to the author.

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

From what I could see, men or women, children or adults, young or aged, rich or poor, war was making everyone equal.

when life gives you lemons, don't try to make orange juice

Dropping out of school is the ultimately caused by discrimination against young people in schools.

If you have attacked me, your children will pay for it.

A body of work may be reviled - mostly by those who have no knowledge of its workings - and yet still carry elements of what can only be considered eternal truths.

We are all stronger than we can ever imagine being. Every choice matters starting with today. And today, I choose to live.

When the five of our voices come together, there is a special something there. That is something that I know.

It is not a great Xerxes army of words, but a compact Greek ten thousand that march safely down to posterity.

I come to every case with an open mind. Every case is new to me.

Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.