Lovers have a way of using this word "nothing" which implies exactly the opposite.

An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.

By and large, women have a faith and a morality peculiar to themselves; they believe in the reality of everything that serves their interest and their passions.

The greater a man's talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.

When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.

Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.