They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge.

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.

It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.

The worst part of an eminent man's conversation is, nine times out of ten, to be found in that part by which he means to be clever.

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned.

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

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