IN LITERATURE
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND REMINISCENCES
AMERICAN FEELINGS FOR FOREIGNERS
SHOULD YOUNG GIRLS READ NOVELS?
NOW, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH FATHER?
PART I
RAMBLES IN WOMANLAND
CHAPTER I
THOUGHTS ON LIFE IN GENERAL
Cupid will cause men to do many things; so will cupidity.
I like economy too much as a virtue not to loathe it when it becomes a vice.
Many virtues, when carried too far, become vices.
Envy is a vice which does not pay. If you let your envy be apparent, you advertise your failure.
Nothing is less common than common-sense.
Whenever you can, pay cash for what you buy. A bill owing is like port wine—it generally improves by keeping.
There are people whose signature has no more significance at the end of a letter of insults than it has value at the bottom of a cheque.
The hardest thing to do in life is to make a living dishonestly for any length of time.
The harm that happens to others very seldom does us any good, and the good that happens to them very seldom does us any harm. People who are successful are neither envious, jealous, nor revengeful.
Very often a man says, 'I have made a fool of myself!' who should only accuse his father.
A contract is a collection of clauses signed by two honourable persons who take each other for scoundrels.
Many people make a noise for the simple reason that, like drums, they are empty. Many others think themselves deep who are only hollow.
Never have anything to do with women in whose houses you never see a man. You may say what you like, but I have heard many women admit that the presence of a man adds a great deal of respectability to a house.
