Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

pretense is the oil that lubricates society.

Enemies are an indication of character.

The only way to make a husband over according to one's ideas ... would be to adopt him at an early age, say four.

I suppose it is because woman's courage is mental and man's physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing.

It was said of Miss Letitia that when money came into her possession it went out of circulation.

Every writer knows the terror of an unexpected success. How to carry on? How to repeat it?