It appears that ordinary men take wives because possession is not possible without marriage, and that ordinary women accept husbands because marriage is not possible without possession

That cold accretion called the world, so terrible in the mass, is so non formidable, even pitiable, in its units.

If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.

To dance with a man is to concentrate a twelvemonth's regulation fire upon him in the fragment of an hour. To pass to courtship without acquaintance, to pass to marriage without courtship, is a skipping of terms reserved for those alone who tread this royal road.

They spoke very little of their mutual feeling; pretty phrases and warm expressions being probably unnecessary between such tried friends.

It may have been observed that there is no regular path for getting out of love as there is for getting in. Some people look upon marriage as a short cut that way, but it has been known to fail.

That one true heart was left behind! What feeling do we ever find, to equal among human kind , a dog's fidelity!