"As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted."

"In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends."

"There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more."

"We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us."

"We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it's grand and great."

"That is one good thing about this world... there are always sure to be more springs."

"Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it."

"It only seems as if you're doing something when you worry."

"Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star."