Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.
Ceremony is all backbone.
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
As soon as a woman begins to dress "loud," her manners and conversation partake of the same element.
The bee, though it finds every rose has a thorn, comes back loaded with honey from his rambles; and why should not other tourists do the same?
Wise men, like wine, are best when old; pretty women, like bread, are best when young.