Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes.

If you are cast in a different mould to the majority, it is no merit of yours: Nature did it.

It would not be wicked to love me." "It would to obey you.

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.

Peril, loneliness, an uncertain future, are not oppressive evils, so long as the frame is healthy and the faculties are employed; so long, especially, as Liberty lends us her wings, and Hope guides us by her star.

I loved him very much - more than I could trust myself to say - more than words had power to express." - Jane Eyre

'I wish I had only offered you a sovereign instead of ten pounds. Give me back nine pounds, Jane; I’ve a use for it.' 'And so have I, sir,' I returned, putting my hands and my purse behind me. 'I could not spare the money on any account.' 'Little niggard!' said he, 'refusing me a pecuniary request! Give me five pounds, Jane.' 'Not five shillings, sir; nor five pence.' 'Just let me look at the cash.' 'No, sir; you are not to be trusted.'