"I am the wind that wavers, You are the certain land; I am the shadow that passes Over the sand."

"To accuse is so easy that it is infamous to do so where proof is impossible!"

"My life is like water that has gone over the dam and turned no mill wheels. Here I am, not happy, but not unhappy, as…"

"Englishmen are like that. They love life more and value it less than any other people in the world."

"Like a fool I thought I was the arbiter of her destiny; and all the time Fate had happier plans for her."

"Work alone qualifies us for life, Sentoni. It is much more exquisite to be blown from the tree as a flower than to be…"

"... there's a great strangeness about love. ... Yes, I'm very sure that love is the strangest thing in the world—much…"

"It's all right to tell a wife the brutal truth, but you've got to go sort of easy with your lady-love."

"Shutting one's eyes is an art, my dear. I suppose there's no use trying to make you see that—but that's the only way …"

"My cousin Cleofante does not believe in inspiration. She shuns the false energy of all stimulants, even those of crit…"