There is no cosmetic like happiness

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

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.

Flowers are the bright remembrances of youth; they waft us back, with their bland odorous breath, the joyous hours that only young life knows, ere we have learnt that this fair earth hides graves.

In France, a woman may forget that she is neither young nor handsome; for the absence of these claims to attention does not expose her to be neglected by the male sex.

There is no cosmetic like happiness

We have a reading, a talking, and a writing public. When shall we have a thinking?