...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

An annuity is a very serious business.

She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure only to herself; but this was no new sensation

To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well.

I love you. Most ardently.

Then it would not be so strong a sense. If it failed to produce equal exertion, it could not be an equal conviction.

She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. She became jealous of his esteem, when she could no longer hope to be benefited by it. She wanted to hear of him, when there seemed the least chance of gaining intelligence. She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.