Obligation is the bitterest thraldom.
Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court.
When death gives us a long lease of life, it takes as hostages all those whom we have loved.
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
Fortune does not change [people], it unmasks them.
That woman is happiest whose life is passed in the shadow of a manly, loving heart.