He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.

Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

You may try your experiment for a week and see how you like it. I think by Saturday night you will find that all play and no work is as bad as all work and no play

I did fail, say what you will, for Jo wouldn't love me.

He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.

I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.

Love scenes, if genuine, are indescribable; for to those who have enacted them the most elaborate description seems tame, and to those who have not, the simplest picture seems overdone.