"Where any one body of educated men, of whatever denomination, are condemned indiscriminately, there must be a deficiency of information, or...of something else."

"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."

"How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue."

"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.... Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."

"I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other."

"I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them."

"An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without victory."

"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"

"If wild my breast and sore my pride, I bask in dreams of suicide, If cool my heart and high my head I think 'How lucky are the dead."

"We are wise when we learn from one another. We are strong when we contain our impulses. We are honored when we honor others."

"Never in the history of mankind have so many owed so much to so few."

"In the absences of a decent time machine, fiction remains the most sturdy vehicle for visiting other eras."