Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.

Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.

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.

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

The lover and the physician are each popular from the same cause - we talk to them of nothing but ourselves.

Consistency is a human word, but it certainly expresses nothing human.

to the many, witticisms not only require to be explained, like riddles, but are also like new shoes, which people require to wear many times before they get accustomed to them.