"I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes."

"The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident."

"Some people could look at a knot in a tree, and tell you the history of the world."

"She was a rut in the road. Everybody else rode on, but she was stuck."

"I love myself when I am laughing… and then again when I am looking mean and impressive."