The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.

It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.

Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism.

True felicity consists of its own consciousness.

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

There is even the dignity of vice.

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.