It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man, nothing but instant flight could save him.

I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.

It has amazed me that the most incongruous traits should exist in the same person and, for all that, yield a plausible harmony.

Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.