People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.

He looked at her an instant, for the effect of the graceful girlish figure with pale, passionate face and dark eyes full of sorrow, pride and resolution was wonderfully enhanced by the gloom of the great room, and glimpses of a gathering storm in the red autumn sky.

People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.

Money is a needful and precious thing