The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.

There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.

God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.

Kitty: I thought your ladyship was ill. I wanted to help you. Lady deWinter: I ill? Do you take me for a weak woman? When I am insulted I do not feel ill - I avenge myself. Do you hear?

So heavy is the chain of wedlock that it needs two to carry it, and sometimes three.

Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.