Married people do stand up so for each other when you say a word, however they may fight between themselves.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?

... up to this date, I have never been shut up in a separate room, or hedged off with any observances. My study, all the study I have attained to, is the little 2nd drawing room where all the (feminine) life of the house goes on; and I don't think I have ever had two hours undisturbed (except at night, when everybody is in bed) during my whole literary life.

There is nothing so costly as bargains.

Imagination is the first faculty wanting in those that do harm to their kind.

Next to happiness, perhaps enmity is the most healthful stimulant of the human mind.