It is a very dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.
... the ears of the hunted grow even keener than a hunter's.
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.
Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!
Marriage! ... Why, it is like living in a thimble with a hippopotamus!
If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.