As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.

When she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it. It was not vice; it wasn't lasciviousness; it was her nature. She gave herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers their perfume. It was a pleasure to her and she liked to give pleasure to others.

I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man, nothing but instant flight could save him.

[Money] is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Cronshaw stopped for a moment to drink. He had pondered for twenty years the problem whether he loved liquor because it made him talk or whether he loved conversation because it made him thirsty.

The best style is the style you don't notice.

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.