The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
Admiration involves a glorious obliquity of vision.
I believe the twenty-four hour day has come to stay.
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
Pessimism does win us great happy moments.
The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own.