The lusts and greeds of the body scandalize the Soul; but it has to come to heel.
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
Solvency is entirely a matter of temperament and not of income.
The ladies who try to keep their beauty are the ladies who lose it.
Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world.
The world is not unkind, and reprobates are worse than their reputations.