Dumb as a drum vith a hole in it, sir.

I thought it very touching to see these two women, coarse and shabby and beaten, so united; to see what they could be to one another; to see how they felt for one another, how the heart of each to each was softened by the hard trials of their lives. I think the best side of such people is almost hidden from us. What the poor are to the poor is little known, excepting to themselves and God.

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

We went our several ways," said Lady Dedlock, "and had little in common even before we agreed to differ. It is to be regretted, I suppose, but it could not be helped.

There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth.

... she indulged in melancholy - that cheapest and most accessible of luxuries.