Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women.

The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.

Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women.

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.

Men little know when they say hard things to us how well we remember them, and how much harm they do us.

The evening advanced. The shadows lengthened. The waters of the lake grew pitchy black. The gliding of the ghostly swans became rare and more rare.