There is no wretchedness like self-reproach.
We are ourselves our happiness.
The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.
Restraint is the golden rule of enjoyment.
words alike make the destiny of empires and of individuals. Ambition, love, hate, interest, vanity, have words for their engines, and need none more powerful. Language is a fifth element - the one by which all the others are swayed.
I have no parting sigh to give, so take my parting smile.