How would that "excellent mystery"—wedded life, irradiate the world…

Mammon is the largest slaveholder in the world.

Dean Swift proposed to tax female beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms. He said the tax would be cheerfully paid, and very productive.

Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light—it heightens effect.

True it is, as society is constituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery—for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or cupidity; in either case, they are under the blinding influence of passion, and consequently but little …

My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me; We'll lock them up together, And throw away the key.

Vanity, like laudanum, and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large quantities. No man, who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.