She could carry off anything; and some people said that she did.

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

You don’t know a woman until you have had a letter from her.

Absurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature.

A butler in an English household should, however, be English, and as much like an archbishop as possible.

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.

You don't really know a woman until she writes you a letter.