You either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and have secret affairs to discuss, or because you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage in walking;— if the first, I should be completely in your way, and if the second, I can admire you much better as I sit by the fire.

If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient.

He had an affectionate heart. He must love somebody.

One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

... strange things may be generally accounted for if their cause be fairly seached out.

Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.

Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.