Usage is the only test. I prefer a phrase that is easy and unaffected to a phrase that is grammatical.

There are men who are possessed by an urge so strong to do some particular thing that they can't help themselves, they've got to do it. They're prepared to sacrifice everything to satisfy their yearning.

Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.

No affectation of peculiarity can conceal a commonplace mind.

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

You see, money to you means freedom; to me it means bondage.

Dullness is the first requisite of a good husband.