“I would always rather be happy than dignified.”

“I see you and St. John have been quarrelling, Jane,' said Diana, 'during your walk on the moor. But go after him; he is now lingering in the passage expecting you - he will make it up.'I have not much pride under such circumstances: I would always rather be happy than dignified; and I ran after him - he stood at the foot of the stairs.”

“I believe it was an inspiration rather than a temptation”

“If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love our friends for their sakes rather than for our own.”

“Well; I would rather die yonder than in a street, or on a frequented road, ' I reflected. 'And far better that crows and ravens -if any ravens there be in these regions- should pick my flesh from my bones, than that they should be prisoned in a work-house coffin, and moulder in a pauper's grave.”

“I will break obstacles to happiness, to goodness - yes, goodness. I wish to be a better man than I have been, than I am”

“And with that answer, he left me. I would much rather he had knocked me down.”