People have no right to make fools of themselves, unless they have no relations to blush for them.

Death and taxes are inevitable.

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts the lover afore words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first-born baby, and assures him of a mother's love.

Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.

Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable.