We may learn from children how large a part of our grievances is imaginary. But the pain is just as real.

Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way, to send him to the state prison.

Pure motives do not insure perfect results.

Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

Fortune, like a coy mistress, loves to yield her favors, though she makes us wrest them from her.

Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.