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.

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.

Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

One of the old philosophers says that it is the part of wisdom to sometimes seem a fool; but in our day there are too many ready-made ones to render this a desirable policy.

[Grateful] Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, [ungrateful] melancholy, is disease.

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.

Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights.