people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them
There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome." "And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.
She attracted him more than he liked.
I trust that absolutes have gradations.
Angry people are not always wise.
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.