You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

Sorrow comes in great waves...but rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us, it leaves us. And we know that if it is strong, we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain.

Things are always different than what they might be...If you wait for them to change, you will never do anything.

He was there or was not there: not there if I didn't see him.

She had an unequalled gift, especially pen in hand, of squeezing big mistakes into small opportunities.

The girl had a certain nobleness of imagination, which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks.

Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.