In other countries poverty is a misfortune - with us it is a crime.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

Centuries roll, customs change, but, ever since the time of the earliest mother, woman yearns to be the soother.

It is a wonderful advantage to a man, in every pursuite or avocation, to secure an adviser in a sensible woman. In woman there is at once a subtle delicacy of tact, and a plain soundness of judgement, which are rarely combined to an equal degree in man. A woman, if she be really your friend, will have a sensitive regard for your character, honor, repute. She will seldom counsel you to do a shabby thing: for a woman friend always desires to be proud of you.

Fine natures are like fine poems; a glance at the first two lines suffices for a guess into the beauty that waits you if you read on.

People who are very vain are usually equally susceptible; and they who feel one thing acutely, will so feel another.

A prudent consideration for Number One.