I heard a bird sing in the dark of December. A magical thing. And sweet to remember. We are nearer to Spring than we were in September. I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings.
Many are called but few get up.
Only the young die good.
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.
A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.