“Madam, it is the hardest thing in the world to be in love, and yet attend to business. A gentleman asked me this morning, ‘What news from Lisbon?’ and I answered, ‘She is exquisitely handsome.'” — Richard Steele

“I have lived some thirty years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.” — Thoreau

“It is equally pointless to weep because we won’t be alive a hundred years from now as that we were not here a hundred years ago.” — Montaigne

“People are usually more firmly convinced that their opinions are precious than that they are true.” — George Santayana

“A kitten is so flexible that she is almost double. The hind parts are equivalent to another kitten with which the fore part plays. She does not discover that her tail belongs to her till you tread upon it.” — Thoreau

“In quarrelling the truth is always lost.” — Publilius Syrus

“People born to be hanged are safe in water.” — Mark Twain’s mother

“I know of no rule which holds so true as that we are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.” — Thoreau