Character is money; and according as the man earns or spends the money, money in turn becomes character. As money is the most evident power in the world's uses, so the use that he makes of money is often all that the world knows about a man.

The secret of fashion is to surprise and never to disappoint.

There is certainly something of exquisite kindness and thoughtful benevolence in that rarest of gifts,--fine breeding.

In families well ordered, there is always one firm, sweet temper, which controls without seeming to dictate. The Greeks represented Persuasion as crowned.

A woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles.

Revenge is a common passion; it is the sin of the uninstructed.

The bold sympathize with the bold; and in great hearts, there is always a certain friendship for a gallant foe.