It might seem that an egg which has succeeded in being fresh has done all that can reasonably be expected of it.

Art without life is a poor affair.

She is like a revolving lighthouse; pitch darkness alternating with a dazzling brilliancy!

There are women who are for all your 'times of life.' They're the most wonderful sort.

People can be in general pretty well trusted, of course--with the clock of their freedom ticking as loud as it seems to do here--to keep an eye on the fleeting hour.

It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games

The black and merciless things that are behind the great possessions.