Moths, and all sorts of ugly creatures, hover about a lighted candle. Can the candle help it?

When the moon shines very brilliantly, a solitude and stillness seem to proceed from her that influence even crowded places full of life.

[I]t seemed as if the streets were absorbed by the sky, and the night were all in the air.

In particular, there was a butler in a blue coat and bright buttons, who gave quite a winey flavour to the table beer; he poured it out so superbly.

Do you want to be a gentleman, to spite her or to gain her over? Because, if it is to spite her, I should think - but you know best - that might be better and more independently done by caring nothing for her words. And if it is to gain her over, I should think - but you know best - she was not worth gaining over.

There is nothing truer than physiognomy, taken in connection with manner.

" ... It is not my desire to wound the feelings of any person with whom I am connected in family bonds. I may be a hypocrite," said Mr. Pecksniff, cuttingly, "but I am not a brute."