Cheiro's Memoirs Quotes

“On this occasion I was extremely nervous, for my experience had already taught me that even the most intimate friends seldom know the real character of the person they are with, and of all people parents generally make the greatest mistakes about the characters of their own children.”
― Cheiro, Cheiro's Memoirs: The Reminiscences of a Society Palmist

“In vain I explained that Cheir was the Greek word for hand, and that “Cheiro “ would thus become identified by intelligent people with the exponent of the hand.”
― Cheiro, Cheiro's Memoirs: The Reminiscences of a Society Palmist

“In a room on the top of a seven-story house one’s anxieties are also less-one never sees one’s enemies, and one’s friends may be few, but they must be real if they ever reach one’s door.”
― Cheiro, Cheiro's Memoirs: The Reminiscences of a Society Palmist

“If I did not publish this book, others would have done so for me ; and in that case I fear fiction might have become stranger than truth.”
― Cheiro, Cheiro's Memoirs: The Reminiscences of a Society Palmist