All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.

I hate ordinary people!

I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.

I only mean to say that I have a feeling that it never was intended I should live long. I'm not like the rest of you.

…it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone.

Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.

You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off.