Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient.

Nothing remained but loneliness and grief.

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints it gave of power, pride and passion. So entirely natural and unconventional was she that he soon found himself on a familiar footing, asking all manner of unusual questions, and receiving rather piquant replies.

...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.

Better lose your life than your soul.

I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.