What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?

The girl had a certain nobleness of imagination, which rendered her a good many services and played her a great many tricks.

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

Innocent and infinite are the pleasures of observation.

Her chief dread in life, at this period of her development, was that she would appear narrow minded; what she feared next afterwards was that she should be so.

A swift carriage, of a dark night, rattling with four horses over roads that one can’t see--that’s my idea of happiness.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.