How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!
One man's style must not be the rule of another's.
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.
From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in which she had closed her eyes.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?