I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

A husband is very much like a house or a horse.

I do not know whether there be, as a rule, more vocal expression of the sentiment of love between a man and a woman, than there is between two thrushes. They whistle and call to each other, guided by instinct rather than by reason.

It is my purpose to disclose the mystery at once, and to ask you to look for your interest,--should you choose to go on with my chronicle,--simply in the conduct of my persons, during this disclosure to others.

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.

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

Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy.