Perhaps the friends we have are only our other selves, and we get just what we deserve. Keep an even temper, no matter what happens.
Imagination is sympathy illumined by love and ballasted by brains.
To know the right woman is a liberal education. Difficulties afford heroism its opportunities. A woman may admire, respect, revere and obey, but she does not love until a passion seizes upon her that has in it the abandon of Niagra. Joyous are the busy, dissatisfied the idle. The true solace for all private troubles is to lose yourself in your work.