A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.

Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease

There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise and receipt of fulfillment.

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.

Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.