It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

The book of female logic is blotted all over with tears, and Justice in their courts is forever in a passion.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

'Tis strange what a man may do, and a woman yet think him an angel.

Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader!

What money is better bestowed than that of a schoolboy's tip? How the kindness is recalled by the recipient in after days! It blesses him that gives and him that takes.

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

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.

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

When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.

Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

Dinner was made for eating, not for talking.