I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.
Beauty is a very handy thing to have, especially for a woman who ain't handsome.
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.
There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.
I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to.