Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.

The very fact that we make such a to-do over golden weddings indicates our amazement at human endurance. The celebration is more in the nature of a reward for stamina.

To me travel is triple delight: anticipation, performance, and recollection.

George Moore unexpectedly pinched my behind. I felt rather honored that my behind should have drawn the attention of the great master of English prose.

in love, gallantry is necessary. Even when the first wild desire is gone, especially then, there is an inherent need for good manners and consideration, for the putting forth of effort. Two courteous and civilized human beings out of the loneliness of their souls owe that to each other.

It is usually when men are at their most religious that they behave with the least sense and the greatest cruelty.

Love at a distance may be poignant; it is also idealized. Contact, more than separation, is the test of attachment.