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.

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

Fastidiousness is the envelope of indelicacy.

Money is a necessity; so is dirt.

It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion, the other, self-denial.

There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise and receipt of fulfillment.

I have learnt a good deal from my own talk.