Poverty in youth, when it succeeds, has this magnificent property about it, that it turns the whole will towards effort, and the whole soul towards aspiration.

It is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live.

Love is the folly of men and the wit of God.

There is nothing like the hand of the populace for building everything that is built by demolishing.

There is one thing sadder than to see one’s children die; it is to see them live badly.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.

I think by Saturday night you will find that all play and no work is as bad as all work and no play.

I want you to believe… to believe in things that you cannot.

‘I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, sir,’ said Alice, ‘because I’m not myself, you see.’