The moment my eyes fell on him, I was content.

He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of an inarticulate lifetime.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

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

Inkstands and tea-cups are never as full as when one upsets them.

Poetry and art are the breath of life to her.

They belonged to that vast group of human automata who go through life without neglecting to perform a single one of the gestures executed by the surrounding puppets.