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

The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it soon fades away. The in memory of injuries is engraved on the heart, and remains forever.

Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

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

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

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.

As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.