No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.[to feel unhappy you need the time to consider how your lot could be better]

There is a large stock on hand; but somehow or other, nobody's experience ever suits us but our own.

Experience teaches, it is true; but she never teaches in time.

I hate the word 'ought' - it always implies something dull, cold, and commonplace. The 'ought nots' of life are its pleasantest things.

In marriage, as in chemistry, opposites have often an attraction.

The truth is, we like to talk over our disasters, because they are ours; and others like to listen, because they are not theirs.

the blessings of matrimony, like those of poverty, belong rather to philosophy than reality.