Life is the soul's nursery.
If thou hast never been a fool, be sure thou wilt never be a wise man.
A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
The affection of young ladies is of as rapid growth as Jack's beanstalk, and reaches up to the sky in a night.
In the midst of friends, home, and kind parents, she was alone.
Lucky he who has been educated to bear his fate, whatsoever it may be, by an early example of uprightness, and a childish training in honor.