"There were many beautiful vipers in those days and she was one of them."

"Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it w…"

"There was a gay wedding a year ago at Compton church, and very grand and very handsome everything was; and sure the b…"

"The past is all forgiven long ago, dear Ringwood," said his sister earnestly; "it would be ill for brother and sister…"

"It is taken as a strong proof of a man's innocence that he should look you full in the face with a steadfast gaze whe…"

"You appreciate his goodness, perhaps; but you don't appreciate him. You just tolerate him because he is good and kind…"

"Reader, when any creature inspires you with this instinctive, unreasoning abhorrence, avoid that creature. He is dang…"

"That he will haunt the footsteps of his enemy after death is the one revenge which a dying man can promise himself; a…"

""The Lord gave, and the Lord taketh away; blessed be the name of the Lord." We repeated the holy sentences of resigna…"

"The disease which was undermining Lady Cecil’s moral constitution was not sorrow; it was only the absence of joy."