Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.