His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect. - Saki

And like every woman who has ever preached repentance to unregenerate youth, she dwelt on the sin of an empty life, which always seems so much more scandalous in the country, where people rise early to see if a new strawberry has happened during the night.

Waldo is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

The revenge of an elder sister may be long in coming, but, like a South-Eastern express, it arrives in its own good time.