“What is the use of having an imagination if you can't make it work for you?”

“Adversity is neither friend nor foe. It is a common acquaintance that is desired less and rewarded most when embraced.”

“Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate - A thousand years of Middle Life.”

“Of two evils choose the prettier.”

“We should live and learn but by the time we've learned it's too late to live.”

“Happiness is the ability to recognize it.”

“It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste”

“Stay away from conflictive, negative people that pull you down, because they contaminate your energy and impede your progress. Search for people who look at the world with optimism, that inspire yo...”

“If everyone who had a gun just shot themselves, there wouldn't be a problem.”

“Think of it! We could have gone on longing for one another and pretending not to notice forever. This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it.”

“I see you and St. John have been quarrelling, Jane,' said Diana, 'during your walk on the moor. But go after him; he is now lingering in the passage expecting you - he will make it up.'I have not m...”

“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man's soul in his body long past the point ...”