He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, 'I love you, Mother.' He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.I was too moved...
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
Before us, the moonlight lay upon the tumbled desolation of sand that had once been the brilliant capital of a pharaoh. For a moment I had a vision; I seemed to see the ruined walls rise up again, the...
Unnecessary discomfort is a form of martyrdom with which I have no sympathy.
At the time there were moments of extreme discomfort; but the adventure, the danger, the exhilaration of doubt and peril are in retrospect something I rather regret having lost.
There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
Rewarding a cat is a waste of time. They think they deserve the best whatever they do.
It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?
If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
I may say, without undue egotism, that when I make up my mind to do something, it is done quickly.
I hope I number patience among my virtues, but shilly-shallying, when nothing is to be gained by delay, is not a virtue.
Goodness, what a nasty suspicious mind the boy has, I thought. He must have got it from me.
For some reason his parents had a low opinion of his common sense.
Emerson maintains, justly or unjustly, that all religious leaders are showmen at heart.
Emerson abandoned irony for blunt and passionate speech.'This war has been a monumental blunder from the start! Britain is not solely responsible, but by God, gentlemen, she must share the blame, and...
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body...
Americans have many admirable characteristics, but literary taste is rare among them.
We are only demonstrating the qualities for which our superior caste is famous,' Ramses drawled. 'British phlegm, noblesse oblige, coolness under fire... What have I left out?''Don't be hateful,' Nefr...
There is nothing more abominable than being in a state of bodily exhaustion and mental irritation; I was too lethargic to get up and seek some means of occupying my mind, but I was too uneasy to fall...
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.