The Shadow-maker Shapes Forever.

In Order To Comprehend The Beauty Of A Japanese Garden, It Is Necessary To Understand - Or At Least To Learn To Understand - The Beauty Of Stone.

There Was Very Little Suicide Among The Men Of The North, Because Every Man Considered It His Duty To Get Killed, Not To Kill Himself; And To Kill Himself Would Have Seemed Cowardly, As Implying Fear Of Being Killed By Others

French Novels Generally Treat Of The Relations Of Women To The World And To Lovers, After Marriage; Consequently There Is A Great Deal In French Novels About Adultery, About Improper Relations Between The Sexes, About Many Things Which The English Public Would Not Allow.

There Is One Type Of Ideal Woman Very Seldom Described In Poetry - The Old Maid, The Woman Whom Sorrow Or Misfortune Prevents From Fulfilling Her Natural Destiny.

Times Are Not Good Here. The City Is Crumbling Into Ashes. It Has Been Buried Under Taxes And Frauds And Maladministrations So That It Has Become A Study For Archaeologists...but It Is Better To Live Here In Sackcloth And Ashes Than To Own The Whole State Of Ohio.