“Good-night! Good-night! as we so oft have said beneath this roof at midnight, in the days that are no more, and shall no more return. Thou has but taken up thy lamp and gone to bed; I stay a little longer, as one stays to cover up the embers that still burn.
“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.
“Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life
“It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar