Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.

Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with the daily regret that it isn't cake.

People cannot be molded like clay.

I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.