The pen is almost as pretty an implement in a woman's fingers, as a…

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

My Master said, on another Occasion, that those who doubt most, always erred least.

The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.

I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.