He had the appeal of a very young dog of a very large breed -- a kind of amiable absurdity.

We cannot really look at the movement of the Spirit, just because It is the Power by which we do the looking.

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own.

there is undoubtedly something irritating about the favorites of fortune.

Learning and literature have a way of outlasting the civilization that made them.

I gather that he nearly knocked you down, damaged your property, and generally made a nuisance of himself, and that you instantly concluded he must be some relation to me.

Plain lies are dangerous.