Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

A million candles burnt in him without his being at the trouble of lighting a single one

Habits and customs are a convenience devised for the support of timid natures who dare not allow their souls free play.

People only become writers if they can't find the one book they've always wanted to read.

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

For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty.

The spring without a leaf to toss, bare and bright like a virgin fierce in her chastity, scornful in her purity, was laid out on fields wide-eyed and watchful and entirely careless of what was done or thought by the beholders.