"Were all men equal to-night, some would get the start by rising an hour earlier to-morrow."

"A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and adviser when his absolute rul…"

"It is odd enough to see how the entrance of a person of the opposite sex into an assemblage of either men or women ca…"

"Thinking more of others’ happiness than of her own was very fine; but did it not mean giving up her very individualit…"

"It was his general plan to repress emotion by not showing the sympathy he felt."

"I daresay it seems foolish; perhaps all our earthly trials will appear foolish to us after a while; perhaps they seem…"

"People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, …"

"Economy was always "elegant", and money-spending always "vulgar and ostentatious"; a sort of sour-grapeism, which mad…"

"A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly."

"Trust a girl of sixteen for knowing well if she is pretty; concerning her plainness she may be ignorant."