Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster which they call Destiny. - John Oliver Hobbes

He did not speak again till just before he died, when he kissed his wife’s hand with singular tenderness and called her "Elizabeth." She had been christened Augusta Frederica; but then, as the doctors explained, dying men often make these mistakes.

Those who have made unhappy marriages walk on stilts, while the happy ones are on a level with the crowd. No one sees 'em!

Disappointments—like fate and love—will not bear to be too much talked about.