The power of doing any thing with quickness is always much prized by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
When any two young people take it into their heads to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to carry their point, be they ever so poor, or ever so imprudent, or ever so little likely to be necessary to each other's ultimate comfort.
We can all begin freely � a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.
The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human