A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven; and we look with love and wonder upon its silent grace, its pure fragrance, its delicate bloom of beauty.

There is a skeleton in every house.

We love being in love, that's the truth on't.

I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning.

When a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.