Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

I have always maintained the importance of Aunts

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did.

Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber.