Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.

He suddenly found himself on the precipice of utility.

God's only excuse is that he does not exist.

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.

Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.