"Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?"

"All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the safe and just side of a question is the generous and merciful side."

"Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle."

"To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity."

"Despair is vinegar from the wine of hope."

"Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all."

"There is only one sin. That is weakness.... The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game."

"Weather is a great bluffer. I guess the same is true of our human society -- things can look dark, then a break shows in the clouds, and all is changed."

"Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys."

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."