Hint at the existence of wickedness in a light, easy, and agreeable manner, so that nobody's fine feelings may be offended.

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

To be thought rich is as good as to be rich.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven; and we look with love and wonder upon its silent grace, its pure fragrance, its delicate bloom of beauty.

The little cares, fears, tears, timid misgivings, sleepless fancies of I don't know how many days and nights, were forgotten under one moment's influence of that familiar, irresistible smile.

Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.