The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors. - William Makepeace Thackeray

He had placed himself at her feet so long that the poor little woman had been accustomed to trample upon him. She didn't wish to marry him, but she wished to keep him. She wished to give him nothing, but that he should give her all. It is a bargain not unfrequently levied in love.

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face.

Dick never thought that his bottle companion was a butt to aim at—only a friend to shake by the hand.