When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead..

He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, "I love you, Mother." He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose….

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it..

It's not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,' said Simmons. 'Everyone knows you don't fight like a gentleman.' 'That might be called an oxymoron,' R….

You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats." "It is an engaging quality, Emerson." "That depends,….

The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor..

I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!.

Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments..

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility..

There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams….

Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body..

In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I p….

Everything has happened before - not once, but over and over again. We may not be able to solve our problems through what are pompously called "the l….

It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?.

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be..

Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point.

Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page..

The only people who are not in awe of Emerson's powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of th….

The cat Horus shot out from under the table and headed for the door, his ears flattened and his tail straight out. There he encountered Abdullah, who….

...Nefret said with a gusty sigh, 'Well, that's done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and….

Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man..