And if a man reads very hard, as the old anecdote reminds us, he will have little time for thought.

Death is given in a kiss; the dearest kindnesses are fatal; and into this life, where one thing preys upon another, the child too often makes its entrance from the mother's corpse.

Some places speak distinctly. Certain dark gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for shipwreck.

To cast in it with Hyde was to die a thousand interests and aspirations.

Jew storekeepers have already learned the advantage to be gained from this [unlimited credit]: they lead on the farmer into irretrievable indebtedness, and keep him ever after as their bondslave hopelessly grinding in the mill.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

Everyone lives by selling something.