The world has no sympathy with any but positive griefs. It will pity you for what you lose; never for what you lack

A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century; a passion is old at the end of three months.

The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.

Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.

Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.

Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones.

A good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual, or even of a single coterie. It sees the light in one; is rocked and nurtured in another; is petted, developed, and attains its growth in a third; and receives its finishing touches only after passing through a multitude of hands. It is a child that can count a host of fathers--all ready to disown it.