She was, besides, a profest follower of that noble sect founded by Xantippe of old; by means of which she became more formidable in the school than her husband; for, to confess the truth, he was never master there, or anywhere else, in her presence.
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
I am as sober as a judge.
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager, that the man, if not the wedding-day, is absolutely fixed on.
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?
