"Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being."

"Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others."

"In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us."

"One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines."

"My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around my neck that's worth more than my head."

"Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings."

"In the depths of adversity, the truest form of bravery is vulnerability."

"The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape."