My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.

When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.

Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

When you are angry try your best to go to sleep, it keeps you away from speaking, writing and thinking while you are angry.

Everybody counts—the Happy ones Count their Blessings and the sad ones Count their Troubles.

Everyone starts to think they are ‘Superman’ from the moment they know their bad time has turned into the best.

Prayer is our most formidable weapon, the thing which makes all else we do efficient.

In life, I'd much rather have people laughing at me than booing me.

One fantasy is that I just do a Don Roos movie every year if that's possible. If he'd have me

I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.

The problem with heart disease is the first symptom is often fatal.

You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.