Fame is bought by happiness.

the fact is, that life is too short to be occupied by aught but the present - hope and remembrance are equally a waste of time.

Whatever people in general do not understand, they are al ways prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.

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

How beautiful, buoyant, and glad is morning! The first sunshine on the leaves: the first wind, laden with the first breath of the flowers—that deep sigh with which they seem to waken from sleep; the first dew, untouched even by the light foot of the early hare; the first chirping of the rousing birds, as if eager to begin song and flight; all is redolent of the strength given by rest, and the joy of conscious life.

A woman's fame is the tomb of her happiness.