“My theory is to enjoy life, but the practice is against it”

“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act”

“A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it”

“Newspapers have roughly the same relationship to life as fortune-tellers to metaphysics”

“It is fortunate to be of high birth, but it is no less so to be of such character that people do not care to know whether you are or are not.”

“The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have”