A Burnt Child Dreads The Fire.

I Have Been Accused Of Being A ‘black Magician.’ No More Foolish Statement Was Ever Made About Me. I Despise The Thing To Such An Extent That I Can Hardly Believe In The Existence Of People So Debased And Idiotic As To Practice It.

May The New Year Bring You Courage To Break Your Resolutions Early! My Own Plan Is To Swear Off Every Kind Of Virtue, So That I Triumph Even When I Fall!

30. If Will Stops And Cries Why, Invoking Because, Then Will Stops An Does Naught. 31. If Power Asks Why, Then Power Is Weakness.

Chinese Civilisation Is So Systematic That Wild Animals Have Been Abolished On Principle.

She Knew That She Belonged To This Man, Body And Soul. Every Trace Of Shame Departed; It Was Burnt Out By The Fire That Consumed Her. She Gave Him A Thousand Opportunities; She Fought To Turn His Words To Serious Things. He Baffled Her With His Shallow Smile And Ready Tongue, That Twisted All Topics To Triviality. By Six O'clock She Was Morally On Her Knees Before Him; She Was Imploring Him To Stay To Dinner With Her. He Refused.