I have a respect for family pride. If it be a prejudice, it is a prejudice in its most picturesque shape. But I hold it is connected with some of the noblest feelings in our nature.

A preface is a species of literary luxury, where an author, like a lover, is privileged to be egotistical.

marriage is like money - seem to want it, and you never get it.

There is no denying that there are 'royal roads' through existence for the upper classes; for them, at least, the highways are macadamized, swept, and watered.

Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.

Nothing more strongly marks the insufficiency of luxuries than the ease with which people grow accustomed to them; they are rather known by their want than by their presence. The word 'blasé' has been coined expressly for the use of the upper classes.

All profound truths startle you in the first announcement.