They have different accents in America " Brisbane smiled. "Just as we do here." I waved a hand. "They all sound alike to me.

If you were a man, your ladyship, I would cordially horsewhip you for that remark.

I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.

She didn't look at me and I didn't look at her. Some questions are so direct the only way to ask them is sideways.

But this is a thing that I know--to live with fear is not to live at all. A man will die every moment he is afraid.

Life is too uncertain... You must seize happiness where you find it.

You are curious and quick, you have a deft mind, and for some unaccountable reason, people tell you things -- useful things.