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

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.

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?

A person can't help their birth.

A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.

I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning.

The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice.