"Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side."

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

"You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."

"In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes."

"How much I love every thing that is decided and open!"

"Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of."

"Unless a life is activated by sustained purpose it can become a depressingly haphazard affair."

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

"Any pitcher who throws at a batter and deliberately tries to hit him is a communist."

"Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside."

"After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed."

"Whose life is it anyway?"