"Character is what you are in the dark."

"He that lives on hope will die fasting."

"A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment."

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."

"A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman."

"A joy that's shared is a joy made double."

"A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days."

"He who waits for a chance may wait for a long time."

"I'll never make the mistake of turning seventy again."

"It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge"

"I have a hundred times wished that one could resign life as an officer resigns a commission."

"Was ever book containing such vile matter so fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell in such a gorgeous palace!"