Too much indulgence has ruined thousands of children; too much love not one.

Light hearts seldom keep company with heavy coffers.

I am getting sick of people. I am falling in love with things. They hold their tongues.

Everything in the country, animate and inanimate, seems to whisper, be serene, be kind, be happy. We grow tolerant there unconsciously.

O, girls! set your affections on cats, poodles, parrots or lap-dogs; but let matrimony alone. It's the hardest way on earth to getting a living.

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.

Hotel life is about the same in every latitude.