A man never so beautifully shows his own strength as when he respects a woman's softness.

Modesty is a bright dish-cover, which makes us fancy there is something very nice underneath it.

Luck, mere luck may make even madness wisdom.

A creature undefiled by the taint of the world, unvexed by its injustice, unwearied by its hollow pleasures; a being fresh from the source of light, with something of its universal lustre in it. If childhood be this, how holy the duty to see that in its onward growth it shall be no other!

Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.

Jewels! It's my belief that when woman was made, jewels were invented only to make her the more mischievous.

There are a good many pious people who are as careful of their religion as of their best service of china, only using it on holy occasions, for fear it should get chipped or flawed in working-day wear.