Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
Love truth, and pardon error.
A man can do all things if he but wills them.
It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right - especially when one is right.
I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.
