The liar was the hottest to defend his veracity, the coward his courage, the ill-bred his gentlemanliness, and the cad his honor

It was hard to believe there was so much money in all this bitter and poverty-stricken world. So much money, so very much money, and someone else had it, someone who took it lightly and didn't need it.

The Old Guard dies but it never surrenders.

Hush," he said. "I am asking you to marry me. Would you be convinced if I knelt down?

Her lips on his could tell him better than all her stumbling words.

I'm tempting you with fine gifts until your girlish ideals are quite worn away and you are at my mercy.

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.