Where we are would be Paradise to me, if you would only make it so.

Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

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

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

Remember that the best and greatest among mankind are those who do themselves no worldly good. Every successful man is more or less a selfish man. The devoted fail.