There is always a moment in the pyramid of our lives when the apex is reached.

Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it.

The mind has great advantages over the body; however the body often furnishes little treats ... which offer the mind relief from sad thoughts.

A sensible woman should be guided by her head when taking a husband, and by her heart when taking a lover.

Who has not raised a tombstone, here and there, over buried hopes and dead joys, on the road of life? Like the scars of the heart, they are not to be obliterated.

Firmness is great; persistency is greater.

Oaths are the counterfeit money with which we pay the sacrifice of love.