Death cancels all engagements.

Oxford walls have a way of belittling us; and the Duke was loath to regard his doom as trivial. Aye, by all minerals we are mocked. Vegetables, yearly deciduou…

It is so much easier to covet what one hasn't than to revel in what one has. Also, it is so much easier to be enthusiastic about what exists than about what do…

He heard that whenever a woman was to blame for a disappointment, the best way to avoid a scene was to inculpate oneself.

I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never to return.

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

You will die - and it will all be over. You will die and find out everything - or cease asking.