There are four points to the vane of destiny; there is ambition for glory, ambition for power, ambition for wealth, and ambition for love.

In Hillars's case, since the wind does not blow from the first three, it must necessarily blow from the fourth.

You know him better than I do; so you must certainly know that Hillars is not a man to drink because glory or power or wealth refused to visit him." "You are a very discerning young man," said I, whereat he laughed.
"Did he get my cable ?" "No.

I thought that it was some order from headquarters and opened it myself.

I put it in his desk.