Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.

A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.

There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.

We have only to change the point of view and the greatest action looks mean.

I never was much of an oyster eater, nor can I relish them 'in naturalibus' as some do, but require a quantity of sauces, lemons, cayenne peppers, bread and butter, and so forth, to render them palatable.

Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated.

Novelty has charms that our minds can hardly withstand.