Coerced innocence is like an imprisoned lark,--open the door, and it is off forever. The bird that roams through the sky and the groves unrestrained knows how to dodge the hawk and protect itself; but the caged one, the moment it leaves its bars and bolts behind, is pounced upon by the fowler or the vulture.

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

Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Nature's bank-dividends.

A woman who wants a charitable heart wants a pure mind.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.