A kiss for a blow is always best, though it's not very easy to give it sometimes.

Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.

My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.

... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go down or are cast upon the shore, wrecks of what they might have been

I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.