A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.

To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.

There is always room at the top - after the investigation.

Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.