“Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.”

“Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.”

“Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.”

“Beauty is the lover's gift.”

“Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.”

“There is in true beauty, as in courage, something which narrow souls cannot dare to admire.”

“Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.”

“Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.”

“I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.”

“Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.”

“Defer not till tomorrow to be wise tomorrow's sun to thee may never rise.”