A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.

How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!

A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.

Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime and annihilation of Edward a few weeks ago, had robbed her of one; the similar annihilation of Robert had left her for a fortnight without any; and now, by the resurrection of Edward, she had one again.

people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.