Jane, my little darling (so I will call you, for so you are), you don't know what you are talking about; you misjudge me again: it is not because she is mad I hate her. If you were mad, do you think I should hate you?

Better to try all things and find all empty, than to try nothing and leave your life a blank.

It is not violence that best overcomes hate -- nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.

Now for the hitch in Jane's character,' he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him to speak. 'The reel of silk has run smoothly enough so far; but I always knew there would come a knot and a puzzle: here it is. Now for vexation, and exasperation, and endless trouble!

If you don't love another living soul, then you'll never be disappointed.

Misery generates hate.

I was no pope - I could not boast infallibility.