There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Tale-bearers are as bad as the tale-makers.

My valour is certainly going! - it is sneaking off! - I feel it oozing out as it were at the palms of my hands!

Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.

A fluent tongue is the only thing a mother don't like her daughter to resemble her in.

As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.