But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he.

King old ladies assure us that cats are often the best judges of character. A cat will always to to a good man, they say.

A writer should give direct certainty; explanations are so much water poured into the wine.

But Time, unfortunately, though it makes animals and vegetables bloom and fade with amazing punctuality has no such simple effect upon the mind of man.

Indeed, I thought, slipping the silver into my purse, it is remarkable, remembering the bitterness of those days, what a change of temper a fixed income will bring about.

No, I'm not clever. I've always cared more for people than for ideas.

Women have burnt like beacons in all the works of all the poets from the beginning of time.