Saying that a great genius is mad, while at the same time recognizing his artistic worth, is like saying that he had rheumatism or suffered from diabetes. Madness, in fact, is a medical term that can claim no more notice from the objective critic than he grants the charge of heresy raised by the theologian, or the charge of immorality raised by the police.

His heart danced upon her movements like a cork upon a tide. He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he had heard their tale before.

The sacred pint alone can unbind the tongue.

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.

The mocker is never taken seriously when he is most serious.

Moments of their secret life together burst like stars upon his memory.

if it is thus, I ask emphatically whence comes this thusness.