Even in misery we love to be foremost, to have the bitter in our cup acknowledged as more bitter than that of others.

Even in misery we love to be foremost, to have the bitter in our cup acknowledged as more bitter than that of others.

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

All perfection is melancholy.

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at things of that sort. To have to do it at home would be beyond a joke.

I think reading a novel is almost next best to having something to do.

Married people do stand up so for each other when you say a word, however they may fight between themselves.