Good words," I replied. "But deeds must prove it also; and after he is well, remember you don't forget resolutions formed in the hour of fear.
Emily BronteThe Lord help us!' he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent.
Emily BronteWe must be for ourselves in the long run; the mild and generous are only more justly selfish than the domineering.
Emily BronteI pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be — that proves I love him better than myself.
Emily Bronte