Smiling half-reluctance seems to promise more than the frankest gesture of desire.
After ages of bombast, the rhetoric of virtue has become ironic and shy.
Politics inflame the passions in a way that few beloveds can match.
At the dinner table, if you can't think of anything to say, sit quietly. Don't throw rolls, or chew on your napkin.
If I had found the words I was looking for, I would not have read so much.
Children enjoy inflicting pain until unhappiness teaches them tenderness.