No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.
anybody's applause is better than nobody's.
We need to suffer, that we may learn to pity.
Truly, a little love-making is a very pleasant thing.
I do not think that life has a suspense more sickening than that of expecting a letter which does not come.
... many a heart is caught in the rebound ... Pride may be soothed by the ready devotion of another; vanity may be excited the more keenly by recent mortification.