Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.

The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married.

Sun, silence, and happiness.

Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.

Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.