"The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death."

"I believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate."

"It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal."

"A genius is just a talented person who does his homework."

"Let us forever forget that every station in life is necessarily that each deserves our respect; that not the station itself; but the worthy fulfillment of its duties does honor the man."

"There is only one sin. That is weakness.... The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game."

"If you can't do what you want, do what you can."

"Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult."

"Nothing in the world is as certain as death."

"When you get into a tight place and it seems that you can't go on, hold on--for that's just the place and the time that the tide will turn."