madam," the man cried, leaping to the ground, "you're hurt!" "I'm dead, sir!" she replied. A few minutes later, they became engaged.

Nothing, I know, had any chance against death.

What a comfort is friendship in this world.

She thought there were no Gods; no one was to blame; and so she evolved this atheist's religion of doing good for the sake of goodness.

I am overwhelmed with things I ought to have written about and never found the proper words.

But beauty must be broken daily to remain beautiful.

Never pretend that the things you haven't got are not worth having.