When we love - we grow

What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which speedily leads to love.

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

Brevity never fatigues; therefore, brevity is always a welcome guest.

Modesty was made for the ugly.

The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil.

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.