“Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.”

“In all my wanderings through this world of care,In all my griefs -- and God has given my share --I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown,Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down;To husband out...”

“Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

“Hope, like the gleaming tapers light, adorns and cheers our way; and still, as darker grows the night, emits a brighter ray.”

“I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.”

“To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.”

“It isn't important to come out on top what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.”

“Expect nothing and life will be velvet.”

“If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, youll keep resentment far away.”

“There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations”

“One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.”