That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.

I have lived long enough to know that the evening glow of love has its own riches and splendour.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

Change is as inexorable as time, yet nothing meets with more resistance.

Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense.