His Modesty Amounts To Deformity.

[on Spiritualism:] I Always Knew The Living Talked Rot, But It's Nothing To The Rot The Dead Talk.

What A Pity, When Christopher Colombus Discovered America, That He Ever Mentioned It.

Rumor Is Untraceable, Incalculable, And Infectious.

To Marry A Man Out Of Pity Is Folly; And, If You Think You Are Going To Influence The Kind Of Fellow Who Has Never Had A Chance, Poor Devil, You Are Profoundly Mistaken. One Can Only Influence The Strong Characters In Life, Not The Weak; And It Is The Height Of Vanity To Suppose That You Can Make An Honest Man Of Anyone.

I Do Not Say I Was Ever What I Would Call "plain," But I Have The Sort Of Face That Bores Me When I See It On Other People.