It was for the sake of what had been, rather than what was.

I will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they're not alive.

Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes would sometimes fill with tears as she sat at the instrument, she was extremely glad to be employed, and desired nothing in return but to be unobserved.

Where the wound had been given, there must the cure be found, if any where.

There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible.