The clergyman gives his blessing, society receives them with open arms, and legalized prostitution is upheld by the majesty of the law and encircled by the sanctified robes of the Church. The ruling passion of the age: worship of self and worship of pelf. * * * * * The age of good breeding has passed; insolence has taken its place. * * * * * A woman ceases to think of self when she looks in the face of her new-born child. * * * * * There are people who go through life as if they were going to their own funeral--and did not enjoy it. * * * * * I would rather have for a friend the most thorough-paced scamp, with a generous heart, than the most respectable, canting, whining, Pharisee. * * * * * To stand in a rarefied atmosphere on a mountain height and view the struggles of ordinary mortals below may be poetic, but it is very lonely. * * * * * A woman may defy the world for a man she loves, and imagine that he will love her for the sacrifice, but no greater mistake can be made. Men are not so constituted. When he sees her standing alone, dishonored, a mark for the finger of scorn, her charm for him is forever lost. * * * * * Realism is the grave of love. * * * * * A woman's smile is two edged. * * * * * Life is too short to prepare a soul for eternity * * * * * A great love is only inspired by a great nature. * * * * * It is as wise to cultivate forgetfulness as memory. * * * * * Society, a haven for fools; literature and art for brains. * * * * * Many people have courage to face anything but themselves. * * * * * A woman is always in love, either with herself or with love. * * * * * Two things in life man regards with esteem: himself and his pipe. * * * * * Truth and sincerity are only found in the face of a child and the eyes of a dog. * * * * * A young face and an old heart are sorry companions, but an old face and a young heart are sorrier still. * * * * * What people will 'say' is the bugbear of small minds. * * * * * Love would cease to exist were it not for the gift of idealizing. * * * * * A fly is but a small thing, yet it can disturb the greatest philosopher. * * * * * Is a new soul created at every birth, or are we merely corpses warmed over? * * * * *