Education is not confined to books, and the finest characters often graduate from no college, but make experience their master, and life their book. [Some care] only for the mental culture, and [are] in danger of over-studying, under the delusion . . . that learning must be had at all costs, forgetting that health and real wisdom are better.

Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star.

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, when two people love and live for one another!

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.