Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing.

The memory has as many moods as the temper, and shifts its scenery like a diorama.

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

Men and women are but children of a larger growth.

I am influenced at the present time by far higher considerations and by a nobler idea of duty than I ever was when I held the Evangelical belief.

What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind - the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.

Wine and the sun will make vinegar without any shouting to help them.