That which happens to the soil when it ceases to be cultivated by the social man happens to man himself when he foolishly forsakes society for solitude; the brambles grow up in his desert heart.

Youth is not the era of wisdom; let us therefore have due consideration.

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

The world is governed by love,--self-love.

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

Women read each other at a single glance.

The mischief of children is seldom actuated by malice; that of grown-up people always is.