Sometimes he will sit on the carpet in front of you, looking at you with eyes so melting, so caressing and so human, that they almost frighten you, for it is impossible to believe that a soul is not there.

It is gentle manners which prove so irresistible in women.

When we love - we grow

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

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.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat.

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own satisfaction that you cannot be a poet.