Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.

In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny.

Fate is usually swift when she deals a blow.

Look at this limp cravet. And the sad state of those cuffs. I can hardly bring myself to look upon them.

When will you give up these mad adventures, and leave others to fight their own battles and to save their own lives as best they may?' When your ladyship has ceased to be the most admired woman in Europe, namely, when I am in my grave.

It does seem simple, doesn't it?' she said, with a final bitter attempt at flippancy, 'when you want to kill a chicken...you take hold of it...then you wring its neck...it's only the chicken who does not find it quite so simple. Now you hold a knife at my throat, and a hostage for my obedience...You find it simple...I don't

Thus human beings judge of one another, superficially, casually, throwing contempt on one another, with but little reason, and no charity.