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

Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.

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

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.

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