Almost all women have hearts full of pity.

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from his eyes or your own.

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

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

Come children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!