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.

A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.

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

Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights.

Circumstances alter cases.

Absurdities die of self-strangulation.

Look not to a woman's head for her brains, but rather to her heart.