What have I to do with millions [of people]? The eighty I know despise me.
Adversity is a good school.
I could not help it: the restlessness was in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes.
That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure.
He made me love him without looking at me.
Mr. Rochester, I no more assign this fate to you than I grasp at it for myself. We were born to strive and endure - you as well as I: do so. You will forget me before I forget you.