Everyone is more or less mad on one point. — Rudyard Kipling

Never praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm.

She read a little of it. I give her review verbatim:—"Oh, your book? It's all about those how-wid Wajahs. I didn't understand it."

It takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight.