Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

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.

No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.

Fun has no limits. It is like the human race and face; there is a family likeness among all the species, but they all differ.

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend, not the man for your banker, though he may do for a traveling companion.

A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.

Women will sometimes confess their sins, but I never knew one to confess her faults.