"When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can."

"Come live in my heart, and pay no rent."

"Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel."

"Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise."

"Reproof on her lip, but a smile in her eye."

"My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it."