Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as he thinks of hers for making himself happy.

Vague memories hang about the mind like cobwebs.

That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.

We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.

To think of the part one little woman can play in the life of a man, so that to renounce her may be a very good imitation of heroism, and to win her may be a discipline.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Life is measured by the rapidity of change, the succession of influences that modify the being.