My house seems remarkably full of people," he observed. "Is it possible we were expected.

As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.

It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for dinner.

No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.

When fate is got it in for you, there is no limit to what you may have to put up with.

There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.

Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel!" "No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time?" "Not such a waste of time as talking to you!

You may have married her, but she is mine. Do you think I shall let you take her? She may be ten times your wife, but, by God, you shall never have her.

She decided that her wisest course would be to put him out of her mind. After reaching this conclusion she lay thinking about him until at last she fell asleep.

You don't feel you could marry me instead? Got no brains, of course, and I ain't a handsome fellow, like Jack, but I love you. Don't think I could ever love anyone else.

Oh, Randall, don't be such a vile beast!" "I don't think much of that",he said critically. "Amiable snake was much better.

Only bad books have good endings.If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.

Wisdom is the thin conduit between two opposing viewpoints

By making sad ones happy, we find our happiness!

Everything comes to the man who won't wait.

A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they do it.

I can get on with all different sorts of people, and I never feel homesick, particularly, or I've never felt kind of patriotic towards any one country.

Given the fact that many thousands of female workers are active in history, it is vital for the trade unions to incorporate them into their movement.

Guitarists should be able to pick up the guitar and play music on it for an hour, without a rhythm section or anything.

The fault is in the system and not in the men.