The Fates and Furies, as well as the Graces and Sirens, glide with linked hands over life.

What she did not tell him balanced neatly with what she did.

How alone everyone is in the vast tomb of the universe!

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who tries to speed it up

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's na