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

I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

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.

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

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.