"Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness."

"A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats."

"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."

"All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests."

"Start every day off with a smile and get it over with."

"My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make others so."

"Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour."

"A resilient spirit knows that joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."