When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.

But then in novels the most indifferent hero comes out right at last. Some god comes out of a theatrical cloud and leaves the poor devil ten thousand-a-year and a title.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually.

Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

He must have known me if he had seen me as he was wont to see me, for he was in the habit of flogging me constantly. Perhaps he did not recognize me by my face.