“A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.”

“I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.”

“I went about my house hold duties, convinced that the Grange had but one sensible soul in its walls, and that lodged in my body.”

“Hindley, with apparently the stronger head, has shown himself sadly the worse and weaker man ... One hoped, the other despaired: they chose their own lots, and were righteously doomed to endure them.”

“It’s no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,’ she muttered.”

“It's a pity he cannot kill himself with drink.”

“I hate him for himself, but despise him for the memories he revives.”