Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.

A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link'd; Tell not as new what ev'ry body knows; and, new or old, still hasten to a close.

What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?

O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

[My kitten] is dressed in a tortoise-shell suit, and I know you will delight in her.

We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.

I have a kitten,the drollest of all creatures that ever wore a cat's skin.