A man, to use an old-fashioned phrase, of some twenty-eight summers, he gave the impression at the moment of having experienced at least that number of very hard winters.

Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase.

As he reached the end of the carpet and was about to turn and pace back again, he stopped abruptly with one foot in the air, looking so like The Soul's Awakeni…

It just showed once again that half the world doesn't know how the other three quarters live.

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burn brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweethearts, are surest, and old lovers ar…

'If I can reach 50 without growing up then I don't have to.'

Fay: What will you do when you're old? Hal: I shall die. Fay: I see you're determined to run the gamut of all experience.