The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

To marry without love betrays as surely as to love without marriage.

The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.

...and the most intense desire gave force to her passionate words as the girl glanced despairingly about the dreary room like a caged creature on the point of breaking loose.

O vanity, mislead no more!