I smiled: I thought to myself Mr. Rochester is peculiar — he seems to forget that he pays me £30 per annum for receiving his orders. "The smile is very well," said he, catching instantly the passing expression; "but speak too." "I was thinking, sir, that very few masters would trouble themselves to inquire whether or not their paid subordinates were piqued and hurt by their orders.

That to begin with; let respect be the foundation, affection the first floor, love the superstructure.

I could not unlove him now, merely because I found that he had ceased to notice me.

Intelligence and proper education will give you independence of spirit.

To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only.

I knew you would do me good in some way, at some time--I saw it in your eyes when I first beheld you.

Flirting is a woman’s trade, one must keep in practice.