Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye and the tone of voice with which she, breathless, answers your little questions about horseflesh and music about affairs masculine and feminine, then take the leap in the dark.

A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.

But she knew this,—that it was necessary for her happiness that she should devote herself to some one. All the elegancies and outward charms of life were delightful, if only they could be used as the means to some end. As an end themselves they were nothing.

Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.

I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear.

When a man wants to write a book full of unassailable facts, he always goes to the British Museum.

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.