Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.
…misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck.
But, like all happiness, it did not last long.
I'm perfectly miserable; but if you consider me presentable, I die happy.
I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.
... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.