"It is most unwise for people in love to marry"

"Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man."

"Death is as light as a feather; duty as heavy as a mountain."

"Changing husbands is only changing troubles."

"In the vast reaches of the dry, cold night, thousands of stars were constantly appearing, and their sparkling icicles, loosened at once, began to slip gradually toward the horizon."

"We're neither pure; nor wise; nor good; we do the best we know."

"Justice is truth in action."

"To get the best out of a man go to what is best in him."

"America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization."

"Shallow understanding accompanies poor compassion, great understanding goes with great compassion."