Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?

The tallest and the smallest among us are so alike diminutive and pitifully base, it is a meanness to calculate the difference.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

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

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.

We pass by common objects or persons without noticing them; but the keen eye detects and notes types everywhere and among all classes.

The affection of young ladies is of as rapid growth as Jack's beanstalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night.