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.

Absurdities die of self-strangulation.

Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

Impossible desires are the height of unreason.

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

It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion, the other, self-denial.

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.