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

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.

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

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

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

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.

It's always something to get one's wish, even if the wish is a failure.