“The happiness he gives is quite as great, as if it cost a fortune.”

“He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil. Say that his power lies in words and looks; in things so slight and insignificant that it is impossible to add and count 'em up: what then? The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.”

“The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.”

“We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.”

“He had caught both substance and shadow — both fortune and affection, and was just the happy man he ought to be.”

“I didn’t want to give him anything. I was quite happy without boyfriend trouble.”