A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations.

Yet it was very difficult to separate her interpretation, and keep it distinct from his meaning.

She freshens me up above a bit. Who'd ha thought that face - as bright and as strong as the angel I dream of - could have known the sorrow she speaks on? I wonder how she'll sin. All on us must sing.

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

And so she shuddered away from the threat of his enduring love. What did he mean? Had she not the power to daunt him? She would see. It was more daring than became a man to threaten her.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!