Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.

A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend.

The bore is good for promoting sleep; but though he causeth sleep in others, it is uncertain whether he ever sleeps himself; as few can keep awake in his company long enough to see. It is supposed that when he sleeps it is with his mouth open.

Politeness only teaches us to save others from unnecessary pain.... You are not bound by politeness to tell any falsehoods.

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters.

We cannot judge either of the feelings or of the characters of men with perfect accuracy from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversations, their half-finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters.

What a misfortune it isto be bornawoman!? Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light break in upon us, it is but to make darkness more visible; to show usthenew limits, the Gothic structure, theimpenetrable barriers of our prison.

The human heart, at whatever age, opens to the heart that opens in return.

Well! some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.

If young women were not deceived into a belief that affectation pleases, they would scarcely trouble themselves to practise it so much.

There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice.

Our Irish blunders are never blunders of the heart.

How success changes the opinion of men!

Nature's hasty conscience.

A straight line is the shortest possible line between any two points -- an axiom equally true in morals as in mathematics.

First loves are not necessarily more foolish than others; but the chances are certainly against them. Proximity of time or place, a variety of accidental circumstances more than the essential merits of the object, often produce what is called first love.

Home! With what different sensations different people pronounce and hear that word pronounced!

You've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect.

The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves.

It is quite fitting that charity should begin at home ... but then it should not end at home; for those that help nobody will find none to help them in time of need.