Women who love the same man have a kind of bitter freemasonry.
It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
To destroy is still the strongest instinct of our nature.
The critic who justly admires all kinds of things simultaneously cannot love any one of them.
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making light of any great difficulties or grief's that may beset us.