A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? What dullness may not red lips are sweet accents render pleasant? And 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.

One of the greatest of a great man's qualities is success; 't is the result of all the others; 't is a latent power in him which compels the favor of the gods, and subjugates fortune.

We are most of us very lonely in this world; you who have any who love you, cling to them and thank God.

A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.

Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.

Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.

Alas! we are the sport of destiny.