Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness--when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton.

Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.

Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.

A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.