Money and titles may be hereditary," she would say, "but brains are not,".

The weariest night, the longest day, sooner or later must perforce come to an end.

She said nothing, and Sir Andrew, too, was silent, yet those two young people understood one another, as young people have a way of doing all the world over, and have done since the world began.

music is the most absorbing of all the arts. It absorbs the mind of the artist, whether creator or executant, to the exclusion of every other consideration outside his own immediate necessities or desires.

Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow.

I have so often been asked the question: "But how did you come to think of The Scarlet Pimpernel?" And my answer has always been: "It was God's will that I should." And to you moderns, who perhaps do not believe as I do, I will say, "In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny."

In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny.