Think what stupid things the people must have done with their money who say they're 'happier without'.

The short story, free from the longuers of the novel is also exempt from the novel's conclusiveness--too often forced and false: it may thus more nearly than the novel approach aesthetic and moral truth.

In the dissolution of sentimental partnerships it is seldom that both associates are able to withdraw their funds at the same time.

Yes, one gets over things. But there are certain memories one can't bit on.

What a shame it is for a nation to be developing without a sense of beauty, and eating bananas for breakfast.

People struggled on for years with 'troubles,' but they almost always succumbed to 'complications.

To be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?