I want someone to sit beside after the day's pursuit and all its anguish, after its listening, and its waitings, and its suspicions. After quarrelling and reconciliation I need privacy -- to be alone with you, to set this hubbub in order. For I am as neat as a cat in my habits. The Waves
The mind is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not discreetly how to use it. Essays
Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. Mark Twain's Notebook
Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage. The Pickwick Papers
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