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

What's the use of watching? A watched pot never boils.

Oh yes!' and suddenly the wintry frost-bound look of care had left Mr. Thornton's face, as if some soft summer gale had blown all anxiety away from his mind; and, though his mouth was as much compressed as before, his eyes smiled out benignly on his questioner.

Oh, Mr. Thornton, I am not good enough!' 'Not good enough! Don't mock my own deep feeling of unworthiness.

I never did write a biography, and I don't exactly know how to set about it; you see I have to be accurate and keep to the facts, a most difficult thing for a writer of fiction.

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

I dare say there's many a woman makes as sad a mistake as I have done, and only finds it out too late.