He could not forget the touch of her arms around his neck, impatiently felt as it had been at the time; but now the recollection of her clinging defence of him, seemed to thrill him through and through,—to melt away every resolution, all power of self-control, as if it were wax before a fire.

He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified feeling, that while he looked upon her with an admiration he could not repress, she looked at him with proud indifference, taking him, he thought, for what, in his irritation, he told himself - was a great fellow, with not a grace or a refinement about him.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

Similarity of opinion is not always—I think not often—needed for fullness and perfection of love.

As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was.

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.

How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?