The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice.
But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell.
The 'good old times' - all times when old are good.
Brisk Confidence still best with woman copes: Pique her and soothe in turn-soon Passion crowns thy hopes.
I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.
I have always laid it down as a maxim -and found it justified by experience -that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex -but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.