as much good-will may be conveyed in one hearty word as in many.

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.

The City seems so much more in earnest: its business, its rush, its roar are such serious things, sights and sounds. The City is getting its living - the West-End but enjoying its pleasure.

There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.

To see and know the worst is to take from Fear her main advantage.

I was glad of it: I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed.

Life is still life, whatever its pangs; our eyes and ears and their use remain with us, though the prospect of what pleases be wholly withdrawn, and the sound of what consoles must be silenced.