It helps to accept that a thing is finished and done with.
In our world, old friendships are hereditary.[to Marian]
If you’re going to do a thing, you might as well do it properly.
If the only gain in our fight for independence was to dispense with British titles, then it was surely worth it.
I may be a bastard, but you are a fool, and of the two, I think I know which I prefer.[Mr. Thorburn]
I like to do the right thing. If I don’t lose any money by it.
I have built my fortune on what other people have told me is impossible.
I don’t need counsel to tell me what’s not possible. I need someone to help me achieve the impossible.[to Clay]
I can never remember, is rain lucky or unlucky?[Ada Brook]Well, there’s plenty of rain ahead in any marriage, so I don’t suppose it matters.[Agnes van Rhijn]
He’s English. His loyalty is to the queen and to the bottle, not necessarily in that order.
Happiness as a byproduct of a well-ordered life may last. As a goal, it is invariably doomed to failure.
Good came from the American Revolution, but it was difficult to live through all the same.
