And the vagueness of his alarm added to its terrors; when once you have taken the Impossible into your calculations its possibilities become practically limitless.

Poverty keeps together more homes than it breaks up.

Sherard Blaw, the dramatist who had discovered himself, and who had given so ungrudgingly of his discovery to the world.

The man is a common murderer. A common murderer, possible, but a very uncommon cook.

We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.

When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of their earlier days. Something showy and not-too-expensive in a shop is their only conception of the ideal gift.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse.