An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

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.

The truth is, we never make for others the allowance we make for ourselves; and we should deny even our own words, could we hear them spoken by another.

It is said that ridicule is the test of truth: it is never applied, but when we wish to deceive ourselves.

It merely shews, after all, that affection is a habit.

Truly, a little love-making is a very pleasant thing.

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