There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so.

Good reading makes for damn hard writing.

The quarrel is a very pretty quarrel as it stands - we should only spoil it by trying to explain it.

Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.

A progeny of learning.

Our memories are independent of our wills.

A readiness to resent injuries is a virtue only in those who are slow to injure.