Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.

The heart of a girl is like a convent--the holier the cloister, the more charitable the door.

Days are like years in the love of the young, when no bar, no obstacle, is between their hearts,--when the sun shines, and the course runs smooth--when their love is prosperous and confessed.

Society is a long series of uprising ridges, which from the first to the last offer no valley of repose. Whenever you take your stand, you are looked down upon by those above you, and reviled and pelted by those below you. Every creature you see is a farthing Sisyphus, pushing his little stone up some Liliputian mole-hill. This is our world.

One vice worn out makes us wiser than fifty tutors.

O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

The mate for beauty should be a man and not a money chest.