“To be brave one short instant is no easy matter it is easier to die for a cause than to live for it.”

“Boredom is the fear of self.”

“Doubt is a necessity of the mind faith of the heart.”

“Gratitude weighs heavy on us only when we no longer feel it.”

“It is unfair to hold people responsible for our illusions of them.”

“Of all feats of skill the most difficult is that of being honest.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”