Experience of life (not of books) is the only capital usable in such a book as you have attempted; one can make no judicious use of this capital while it is new.

A man's first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first.

She remained both girl and woman to the last day of her life. Under a grave and gentle exterior burned inextinguishable fires of sympathy, energy, devotion, enthusiasm, and absolutely limitless affection.

We may not doubt that society in heaven consists mainly of undesirable persons.

The physician who knows only medicine, knows not even medicine.

That is a society editor, sitting there elegantly dressed, with his legs crossed in that indolent way, observing the clothes the ladies wear, so that he can describe them for his paper and make them out finer than they are and get bribes for it and become wealthy.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.