It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now.
A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.
I have a bad memory for facts.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a question of pride.
When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.