“Language change is not a disease, any more than adolescence, or autumn are illnesses.”

“We would be allowed to work and not cause any trouble for her, but she didn't want us to be any more successful than she was”

“Without him nothing was done, and through him everything was done, and the king trusted him more than any other.”

“Fire will attract more attention than any other cry for help.”

“In all the ills that befall us, we are more concerned by the intention than the result. A tile that falls off a roof may injure us more seriously, but it will not wound us so deeply as a stone thrown deliberately by a malevolent hand. The blow may miss, but the intention always strikes home.”

“Dearer to me than the evening starA Packard carA Hershey barOr a bride in her rich adorningDearer than any of these by farIs to lie in bed in the morning”

“Erotic play discloses a nameless world which is revealed by the nocturnal language of lovers. Such language is not written down. It is whispered into the ear at night in a hoarse voice. At dawn it is forgotten.”