Preference

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.

O, there is nothing holier, in this life of ours, than the first consciousness of love, -- the first fluttering of its silken wings.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference

When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way

People always make war when they say they love peace

A good reputation is more valuable than money

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning

Fortune and love favor the brave

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.