you've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect.

Love occupies a vast space in a woman's thoughts, but fills a small portion in a man's life.

Home! With what different sensations different people pronounce and hear that word pronounced!

tyranny and injustice always produce cunning and falsehood.

Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves.

It is not so easy to do good as those who have never attempted it may imagine.

Illness was a sort of occupation to me, and I was always sorry to get well.