Of course there are exceptional circumstances, and there is exceptional talent; but, unhappily, exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favoured by exceptional circumstances.

Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.

Life is such a very troublesome matter, when all is said and done, that it's as well even to take its blessings quietly.

You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a detective police officer.

love, which is a madness, and a scourge, and a fever, and a delusion, and a snare, is also a mystery, and very imperfectly understood by everyone except the individual sufferer who writhes under its tortures.

A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.

When once estrangement has arisen between those who truly love each other, everything seems to widen the breach.