There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water.

The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.

He had that curious love of green, which in individuals is always the sign of a subtle artistic temperament, and in nations is said to denote a laxity, if not a decadence of morals.

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

As it was, we always misunderstood ourselves and rarely understood others. Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.