“Trifles make the sum of life. ”

“...And a cool four thousand, Pip!"I never discovered from whom Joe derived the conventional temperature of the four thousand pounds, but it appeared to make the sum of money more to him, and he had a manifest relish in insisting on its being cool.”

“Poetry makes life what lights and music do the stage.”

“No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused”

“Not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life's misused oppurtunities!”

“And O there are days in this life, worth life and worth death. And O what a bright old song it is, that O 'tis love, 'tis love, 'tis love that makes the world go round!”

“And let us tranquilize ourselves by making a compact. Next time (with a view to our peace of mind) we'll commit the crime, instead of taking the criminal. You swear it?''Certainly.''Sworn! Let Tippins look to it. Her life's in danger.”