“The old continued to have one resurgence of foolishness after another, until the organism gave out altogether.”

“We have not many wills, but only one --it cannot be continuously compromised without atrophy setting in altogether.”

“He gave her a bright fake smile; so much of life was a putting off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing was ever lost by delay. He had a dim idea that perhaps if one delayed long enough, things were taken out of one's hands altogether by death.”

“Rome took all the vanity out of me,for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in dispare.”

“The old man took out an extraordinarily beautiful and elegant handkerchief and gave it to her to dry her tears. It was the sort of handkerchief that one might be content to be judged by if it was all that remained of one after one's death.”

“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”