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.

It is bad to believe you in error. It would be infinitely worse to have known you a hypocrite.

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

He shrank from hearing Margaret's very name mentioned; he, while he blamed her--while he was jealous of her--while he renounced her--he loved her sorely, in spite of himself.

Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless.

I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say.

A girl in love will do a good deal.