A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith. Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

I think I'm better than Mamet, I would say.