"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.... Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."

"One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy."

"But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way."

"Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way."

"Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken."

"Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion."

"We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession."

"Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends."

"As long as we respond predictably to what feels good and what feels bad, it is easy for others to exploit our preferences for their own ends."

"The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about."

"Self-trust, we know, is the first secret of success."

"Go, and do thou likewise."