A lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions

A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself.

A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.

I would rather have young people settle on a small income at once, and have to struggle with a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long engagement.

Men were put into the world to teach women the law of compromise.