"A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one."

"When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage."

"I think people really marry far too much it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness."

"I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results."

"Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them."

"There aren't always answers for the questions you're looking for, so I have to make peace with that sometimes."

"Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away."