It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.

What delusion has come over me? What sweet madness has seized me?

Rapidly, merrily, Life's sunny hours flit by, Gratefully, cheerily Enjoy them as they fly!

If you don't love another living soul, then you'll never be disappointed.

I would always rather be happy than dignified.

I am not an angel," I asserted; "and I will not be one till I die: I will be myself.

The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator.

Die without me if you will. Live for me if you dare.

Misery generates hate.

Remorse is the poison of life.

Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last.

Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Liberty lends us her wings and Hope guides us by her star.

I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery.

Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice.

Look twice before you leap.