A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe.

To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all.

You must mind and not lower the Church in people's eyes by seeming to be frightened about it for such a little thing.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he shall subdue it to-morrow.

When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech-one does not, at least, hear how inadequate the words are.

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and think that such killing is no murder.