“People pretend not to like grapes when the vines are too high for them to reach.”

“Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.”

“The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is.”

“We can only do the best we can with what we have. That, after all, is the measure of success: what we do with what we have.”

“Thou canst but try,' said John. 'Anyone can *not* do it.”

“Tears may be dried up, but the heart--never.”

“It is better to have crooked legs than a crooked spirit.”