Literature, like a gypsy, to be picturesque, should be a little ragged.
The language of women should be luminous, but not voluminous.
Etiquette has no regard for moral qualities.
Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.
The sharp employ the sharp.
The only athletic sport I ever mastered was backgammon.