"You have delighted us long enough."

"An artist cannot do anything slovenly."

"It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation."

"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.... Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."

"I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other."

"I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person."

"'Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city."

"To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power."

"Among the individuals, as well as among nations, respecting the other people's rights leads to peace. (Entre los individuos, como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la Paz.)"

"All created things are impermanent. Strive on with diligence."

"Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts."

"Let me not live, after my flame lacks oil, to be the snuff of younger spirits."