She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.

an optimist is the man who looks after your eyes, and the pessimist the person who looks after your feet.

She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night.

People were not charmed with Eglantine because she herself was charming, but because she was charmed.

envy, as a rule, is of success rather than of merit. No one would have objected to his talent deserving recognition - only to his getting it.

As a rule the person found out in a betrayal of love holds, all the same, the superior position of the two. It is the betrayed one who is humiliated.

There is, of course, no joy so great as the cessation of pain; in fact all joy, active or passive, is the cessation of some pain, since it must be the satisfaction of a longing, even perhaps an unconscious longing.