“courage is the gift of character”

“Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.”

“Oh, say, how call ye this,To face, and smile, the comrade whom his kissBetrayed? Scorn? Insult? Courage? None of these:'Tis but of all man's inward sicknessesThe vilest, that he knoweth not of shameNor pity! Yet I praise him that he came . . .To me it shall bring comfort, once to clearMy heart on thee, and thou shalt wince to hear.”

“Try refusing the arrangement, or later petition for divorce -- the first is impossible while the second is like admitting you're a whore.”

“A woman like me! What am I like that's different from you or any man”

“No one who goes against her can win.”

“She came into the world fierce and stubborn and then she learned to hate.”