Very nice couplet, although there are dull stretches.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.

The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.

There are some women who are flirts upon principle; they consider it their duty to make themselves as pleasing as possible to every one.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

Poverty treads close upon the heels of great and unexpected wealth.