If you had told Sycorax that her son Caliban was as handsome as Apollo, she would have been pleased, witch as she was.

Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us.

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

Tis hard with respect to Beauty, that its possessor should not have a life enjoyment of it, but be compelled to resign it after, at the most, some forty years lease

In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.

And in those varieties of pain of which we spoke anon, what a part of confidante has that poor teapot played ever since the kindly plant was introduced among us! What myriads of women have cried over it, to be sure! What sickbeds it has smoked by! What fevered lips have received refreshment from out of it! Nature meant very gently by women when she made that teaplant; and with a little thought what a series of pictures and groups the fancy may conjure up and assemble round the teapot and cup!

When a mother, as fond mothers will; vows that she knows every thought in her daughter's heart, I think she pretends to know a great deal too much.