Blameless people are always the most exasperating.

A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

Society never made the preposterous demand that a man should think as much about his own qualifications for making a charming girl happy as he thinks of hers for making himself happy.

Lady Fawcett was one of those hostesses who throw parties like other people throw tantrums, i.e. with insatiable relish and single-minded abandon.

The light at the end of the tunnel is temporarily out of service.