Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it was emptiness that made the music.
Why is it so difficult to love wisely, so easy to love too well?
Amiability is the redeeming quality of fools.
Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.
Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect.
The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.