I have drunk of the wine of life at last, I have known the thing best worth knowing, I have been warmed through and through, never to grow quite cold again till the end.

He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed between them the word which made all clear.

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

In our hurried world too little value is attached to the part of the connoisseur and dilettante.

Ah, the poverty, the miserable poverty, of any love that lies outside of marriage, of any love that is not a living together, a sharing of all!

I discovered early that crying makes my nose red, and the knowledge has helped me through several painful episodes.

Yes, you have been away a very long time.' 'Oh, centuries and centuries; so long,' she said, 'that I'm sure I'm dead and buried and this dear old place is heaven.