Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.
Keep me up till five because all your stars are out, and for no other reason…Oh dare to do it Buddy! Trust your heart. You’re a deserving craftsman. It would never betray you. Good night. I’m feeling very much over-excited now, and a little dramatic, but I think I’d give almost anything on earth to see you writing a something, an anything, a poem, a tree, that was really and truly after your own heart.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex.
You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Often it is the most deserving people who cannot help loving those who destroy them.
There is never enough time, unless you're serving it.
Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.
A bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce.