A hotel is a hotel all the world over, a place essentially vulgar, commonplace, venal, the travesty of a human home.

A hotel is a hotel all the world over, a place essentially vulgar, commonplace, venal, the travesty of a human home.

there are some people who never learn; indeed, few people learn by experience, so far as I have ever seen.

Many love me, but by none am I enough beloved.

Spring cold is like the poverty of a poor man who has had a fortune left him - better days are coming.

The middle of life is the testing-ground of character and strength.

One only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do.