It is indeed in many ways more comfortable to belong to that section of society whose action are not publicly canvassed and discussed

Intimacy between stepchildren and stepparents is indeed proverbially difficult.

Foolish indeed are those who trust to fortune.

There is more here than meets the eye.

In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the others. The grand ladies with high ambitions thought her a presumptuous upstart, and lesser ladies were still more resentful. Everything she did offended someone.

One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties with her merely because she was handsome

Though the body moves, the soul may stay behind.