In the medical profession a horse and carriage are more necessary than any scientific knowledge.

Marriageable girls as well as mothers understand the terms and perils of the lottery called wedlock. That is why women weep at a wedding and men smile.

A woman questions the man who loves exactly as a judge questions a criminal. This being so, a flash of the eye, a mere word, an inflection of the voice or a moment's hesitation suffice to expose the fact, betrayal or crime he is attempting to conceal.

Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival.

A vocation is born to us all; happily most of us meet promptly our twin,--occupation.

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.