Jane had that happy disposition which would like to imagine that every one really wishes the well-being of his neighbour and struggles, though sometimes rather disastrously, to help him towards it.

Lots of men hate women now-a-days. ... It was a man-made world, and now we're asking to go shares in the making.

Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!

hurt vanity is one of the cruelest of mortal wounds.

When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm.

if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.

the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.