A half century of living should put a good deal into a person's face besides a few wrinkles and some unwelcome folds around the chin.

Taking the way that opens, even if it seems hardly more than a footpath, not infrequently leads to the highways of heart's desire, if not to fame and fortune.

The snow, which had fallen quietly at first, was now pelting against the windowpanes, driven by a wicked wind; the storm was rapidly assuming proportions of a blizzard.

You know how some people are - they always feel they have to do things for other people's good, no matter what happens to the other people in the process!

One does not permit one's friends to be slandered in time of trouble.

Fortunately, any kind of setback has represented a challenge to do better, rather than an acceptance of inferiority on my part.

the only door into her bedroom led through the church.