She was as one who, in madness, was resolute to throw herself from a precipice, but to whom some remnant of sanity remained which forced her to seek those who would save her from herself.

It has become a certainty now that if you will only advertise sufficiently you may make a fortune by selling anything.

The best education is to be had at a price, as well as the best broadcloth.

There's nothing like going on with a thing.

I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.

If a cook can't make soup between two and seven, she can't make it in a week.