We were equals afterwards, as we had been before; but, afterwards at quiet times when I sat looking at Joe and thinking about him, I had a new sensation of feeling conscious that I was looking up to Joe in my heart.

I want to escape from myself. For when I do start up and stare myself seedily in the face, as happens to be my case at present, my blankness is inconceivable--indescribable--my misery amazing.

In a utilitarian age, of all other times, it is a matter of grave importance that fairy tales should be respected.

Some of the craftiest scoundrels that ever walked this earth . . . will gravely jot down in diaries the events of every day, and keep a regular debtor and creditor account with heaven, which shall always show a floating balance in their own favour.

The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond — sometimes better; as in the present case, where his bond might prove but a doubtful sort of security.

Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures of the heart which it could never purchase

It is, as Mr. Rokesmith says, a matter of feeling, but Lor how many matters ARE matters of feeling!