Baroness Orczy

“There is a time for caution, and a time for daring. The wise man knows which is which.”

“We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven?—Is he in hell? That demmed, elusive Pimpernel.”

“There is no more engaging companionship than that of a good book.”

“A woman's heart is a very strange thing. It is a constant puzzle to a man.”

“Money, my dear, is a very potent weapon, but it can't buy you the unassailable fortress of a loyal heart.”

“A man's vanity is a woman's greatest weapon.”

“His cravat was a dream of perfection, his manners impeccable, his inanity sublime.”

“To be loved, you see, that is the great ambition of every woman.”

“A fool, you know, is a man who is always right.”

“For there is nothing in the world so difficult as that task of making another person happy.”

“It is only a woman's heart that can be pierced by the sword of love.”

“She looked divinely, regally beautiful. Her clear-cut features, exquisite colouring, and masses of golden hair made a picture of feminine loveliness that was almost startling.”

“And the Scarlet Pimpernel, that elusive hero, had once more snatched his prey from the clutches of the blood-thirsty revolutionaries.”

“There are some men who are born fools, some who achieve foolishness, and some who have foolishness thrust upon them.”

“She had often dreamed of this, the triumphant moment, when she would be free to tell him that she loved him.”