"Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation."

"Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal."

"It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree."

"Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away."

"Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!"

"The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution."

"When Clark Gable kissed me, they had to carry me off the set."

"To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be in want of a newer, younger wife."