Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; whereas fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will.

Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.

As the dog becomes thoroughbred in the laws of clan and caste; obedient, fraternal and loyal; so is the man who accepts the gentleman's code.

To make fun of a person to his face is a brutal way of amusing one's self; be delicate and cunning, and keep your laugh in your sleeve, lest you frighten away your game.

As the cat lapses into savagery by night, and barbarously explores the dark, so primal and titanic is a woman with the love madness.

Old friends, we say, are best, when some sudden disillusionment shakes our faith in a new comrade.

In the mind of a woman, to give birth to a child is the short cut to omniscience.