Mon has got his dispensation from Rome ...

a few hours too late." He handed back the note, and they sat in silence for a long time in the huge, dimly-lighted room.

Success in life rests upon one small gift--the secret of the entry into another man's mind to discover what is passing there.

The greatest general the world has known owed his success, by his own admission, to his power of guessing correctly what the enemy would do next.

Many can guess, but few guess right.
"She has not dated her letter," said Sarrion, at length.
"No, but it was written on Thursday.