You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth.

When a man is in love with one woman in a family, it is astonishing how fond he becomes of every person connected with it.

Society having ordained certain customs, men are bound to obey the law of society, and conform to its harmless orders.

Ah! gracious Heaven gives us eyes to see our own wrong, however dim age may make them; and knees not too stiff to kneel, in spite of years, cramp, and rheumatism.

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.

So, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise.

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.