Humanity is composed but of two categories, the invalids and the nurses

Happiness is an exotic of celestial birth.

Be just before you are generous.

Certainly nothing is unnatural that is not physically impossible.

The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in prison or in an asylum or dead than his mated counterpart. He is less likely to be promoted at work and he is considered a poor credit risk.

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension.