How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.

We might have been - these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing.

Do anything but love; or if thou lovest and art a woman, hide thy love from him whom thou dost worship; never let him know how dear he is; flit like a bird before him; lead him from tree to tree, from flower to flower; but be not won, or thou wilt, like that bird, when caught and caged, be left to pine neglected and perish in forgetfulness.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

To enjoy yourself is the easy method to give enjoyment to others.

That which is always within our reach, is always the last thing we take; and the chances are, that what we can do every day, we never do at all.

How often, in this cold and bitter world, is the warm heart thrown back upon itself! Cold, careless, are we of another's grief; we wrap ourselves in sullen selfishness.