I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

The law is a great thing,--because men are poor and weak, and bad. And it is great, because where it exists in its strength, no tyrant can be above it. But between you and me there should be no mention of law as the guide of conduct. Speak to me of honour, and of duty, and of nobility; and tell me what they require of you.

I doubt whether any girl would be satisfied with her lover's mind if she knew the whole of it.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the difficulty of pursuit.

Marvelous is the power which can be exercised, almost unconsciously, over a company, or an individual, or even upon a crowd by one person gifted with good temper, good digestion, good intellects, and good looks.

I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.