There is one kind of laugh that I always did recommend; it looks out of the eye first with a merry twinkle, then it creeps down on its hands and knees and plays around the mouth like a pretty moth around the blaze of a candle, then it steals over into the dimples of the cheeks and rides around in those whirlpools for a while, then it lights up the whole face like the mellow bloom on a damask rose, then it swims up on the air, with a peal as clear and as happy as a dinner-bell, then it goes back again on gold tiptoes like an angel out for an airing, and it lies down on its little bed of violets in the heart where it came from.

In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.

Every wheel wish to be the wheel of a car, and not of just another vehicle.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.