“To tremble before anticipated evils is to bemoan what thou hast never lost.”

“A man can stand almost anything except a succession of ordinary days.”

“We must always change renew rejuvenate ourselves otherwise we harden.”

“Life belongs to the living and he who lives must be prepared for changes.”

“Happy the man who early learns the wide chasm that lies between his wishes and his powers.”

“Beware of dissipating your powers strive constantly to concentrate them.”

“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.”