She lived in her past life — every letter seemed to recall some circumstance of it. How well she remembered them all! His looks and tones, his dress, what he said and how — these relics and remembrances of dead affection were all that were left her in the world.

Sure, occasion is the father of most that is good in us.

Life is a mirror: if you frown at it, it frowns back; if you smile, it returns the greeting.

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

What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!

Tis misfortune that awakens ingenuity, or fortitude, or endurance, in hearts where these qualities had never come to life but for the circumstance which gave them a being.

When I say that I know women, I mean I know that I don't know them. Every single woman I ever knew is a puzzle to me, as, I have no doubt, she is to herself.