It is our duty never to speak ill of others, you know; least of all…

The insult was thrown out with a peculiarly reckless air; it astounded the hearer, who sat for an instant with staring eyes and lips apart; then the blood rushed to his cheeks.

'A man who comes to be hanged,' pursued Jasper, impartially, 'has the satisfaction of knowing that he has brought society to its last resource. He is a man of such fatal importance that nothing will serve against him but the supreme effort …

No, no; women, old or young, should never have to think about money.

The thought, however, of his girls having to work for money was so utterly repulsive to him that he could never seriously dwell upon it.

To be at other people's orders brings out all the bad in me.

I am learning my business. Literature nowadays is a trade.