Too liberal self-accusations are generally but so many traps for acquittal with applause.

All women, from the countess to the cook-maid, are put into high good humor with themselves when a man is taken with them at firstsight. And be they ever so plain, they will find twenty good reasons to defend the judgment of such a man.

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!

The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have.

I never knew a man who deserved to be thought well of for his morals who had a slight opinion of our Sex in general.