Many a writer seems to think he is never profound except when he can't understand his own meaning.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

Those who think that in order to dress well it is necessary to dress extravagantly or grandly, make a great mistake. Nothing so well becomes true feminine beauty as simplicity.

Prudery is often immodestly modest; its habit is to multiply sentinels in proportion as the fortress is less threatened.

A man bitten by a dog, whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself.

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.

Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.