If I could only fancy myself clever, it would be better, but to be a failure of Nature and to know it is not a comfortable lot. It is the last lesson one learns, to be contented with one's inferiority -- but it must be learned.

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.

I would not creep along the coast but steer Out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Imagination is a licensed trespasser: it has no fear of dogs, but may climb over walls and peep in at windows with impunity.

Where women love each other, men learn to smother their mutual dislike.

Our words have wings, but fly not where we would.