“Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are. ”

“If you want to be loved, be lovable ”

“If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. ”

“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be”

“Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love”

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road”