"One half of the world can not understand the pleasures of the other."

"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of."

"We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of a man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him."

"At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them."

"But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way."

"I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them."

"Live simply, so that all may simply live."

"The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings."

"Do the duty which lieth nearest to thee! Thy second duty will already have become clearer."

"There is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero."

"Everybody's at war with different things...I'm at war with my own heart sometimes."

"One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet the most insidious foe."