You must not judge hastily or vulgarly of Snobs: to do so shows that you are yourself a Snob.

Taste is something quite different from fashion, superior to fashion.

She lived in her past life — every letter seemed to recall some circumstance of it. How well she remembered them all! His looks and tones, his dress, what he said and how — these relics and remembrances of dead affection were all that were left her in the world.

There are many sham diamonds in this life which pass for real, and vice versa.

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

When Fate wills that something should come to pass, she sends forth a million of little circumstances to clear and prepare the way.

Benevolence and feeling ennoble the most trifling actions.