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.

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.

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

Modesty is a valuable merit ... in people who have no other, and the appearance of it is extremely useful to those who have.

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

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

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.