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

The infirmities of genius are often mistaken for its privileges.

The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.

There is no magician like love.

People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.

Men are capable of making great sacrifices, who are not willing to make the lesser ones, on which so much of the happiness of life depends. The great sacrifices are seldom called for, but the minor ones are in daily requisition; and the making them with cheerfulness and grace enhances their value.

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.