Bores: People who talk of themselves, when you are thinking only of yourself.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose; and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Spring is the season of hope, and autumn is that of memory.

When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.

It is a sad thing to look at happiness only through another's eyes.

A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head.

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