It is curious how inseparable eating and kindness are with some people.

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

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.

... many a heart is caught in the rebound ... Pride may be soothed by the ready devotion of another; vanity may be excited the more keenly by recent mortification.

of all the follies that we can commit, the greatest is to hesitate.

Habit is a second nature, and what was at first pleasure, is next necessity.

It is amazing how much a thought expands and refines by being put into speech: I should think it could hardly know itself.