Oh, no, I'm not brave. When a thing is certain, there's nothing to be brave about. All you can do is to find your consolation.

The simplest explanation is always the most likely.

He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control.

"I think you're begging the question," said Haydock, "and I can see looming ahead one of those terrible exercises in probability where six men have white hats and six men have black hats and you have to work it out by mathematics how likely it is that the hats will get mixed up and in what proportion. If you start thinking about things like that, you would go round the bend. Let me assure you of that!"

There is no question of defence. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach myself.

It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.

The bereaved had never any doubt about their dear ones' wishes and those wishes usually squared with their own inclinations.