People hate as they love, unreasonably.

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.

If fathers are sometimes sulky at the appearance of the destined son-in-law, is it not a fact that mothers become sentimental and, as it were, love their own loves over again.

It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit.

Titles are abolished; and the American Republic swarms with men claiming and bearing them.

'No business before breakfast, Glum!' says the King. 'Breakfast first, business next.'

You, who are ashamed of your poverty, and blush for your calling, are a snob; as are you who boast of your wealth.