“Most people do not see the world as it is. They see it as they are”

“When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening.”

“That roads are for journeys, ma'am, not destinations”

“If love was a choice, who would ever choose such exquisite pain?”

“Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.”

“I cannot have you as my mistress. I though I could, but I can't. I want you for more than that. I want you for life, waking and sleeping. You see what happens when I let you out of my sight? This. It won't do, I tell you. You'll have to accept me because I can't live without you. So there.”

“Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.”