A woman’s heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. 634
The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions. 567
The best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world. 687
One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen’s miseries is to go and look at their pleasures. 735
It is generally a feminine eye that first detects the moral deficiencies hidden under the ”dear deceit” of beauty. 623
Sympathetic people often don’t communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own depths. 1.86K
