Propensities and principles must be reconciled by some means.

Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!

Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive.

For I too liked reading, thought of a frivolous and childish kind; I could not digest or comprehend the serious or substantial.

I can but die... and I believe in God. Let me try and wait His will in silence.

Shake me off, then, sir--push me away; for I'll not leave you of my own accord.

I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it did not oppress me much.