"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…"

"That kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations."

"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…"

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