Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated.

To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of all.

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

Those we love can but walk down to the pier with us - the voyage we must make alone.

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.

if you are not allowed to touch the heart sometimes in spite of syntax, and are not to be loved until you all know the difference between trimeter and trameter, may all Poetry go to the deuce, and every schoolmaster perish miserably!