“Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.”

“I have Shakespeared my Moliere to Tenessee, and I am Wild for Becket! But I got a little tired of the redundancy.”

“Love is often the fruit of marriage.”

“If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.”

“There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.”

“A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.”

“Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.”

“One should eat to live, not live to eat.”

“We die only once, and for such a long time.”

“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

“Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.”