There is no knowledge for which so great a price is paid as a knowledge of the world; and no one ever became an adept in it except at the expense of a hardened or a wounded heart.

Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is rarely rewarded by the discovery, but there is an admirable substitute for it... a contented spirit.

Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.

Prejudices are the chains forged by ignorance to keep men apart.

When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!

Women excel more in literary judgment than in literary production,--they are better critics than authors.

A man should never boast of his courage, nor a woman of her virtue, lest their doing so should be the cause of calling their possession of them into question.