He who meanly admires a mean thing is a snob--perhaps that is a safe definition of the character.

We are most of us very lonely in this world; you who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God.

Choose a good disagreeable friend, if you be wise--a surly, steady, economical, rigid fellow.

Except for the young or very happy, I can't say I am sorry for anyone who dies.

What a dignity it gives an old lady, that balance at the bankers! How tenderly we look at her faults if she is a relative; what a kind, good-natured old creature we find her!

Vanity is often the unseen spur.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.