“but both their minds tending to the same point—one loving and desiring to esteem, and the other loving and desiring to be esteemed—they contrived in the end to reach it.”

“Earnshaw was not to be civilized with a wish, and my young lady was no philosopher, and no paragon of patience; but both their minds tending to the same point—one loving and desiring to esteem, and the other loving and desiring to be esteemed—they contrived in the end to reach it.”

“He'll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to loved or hated again.”

“Riches I hold in light esteem, And love I laugh to scorn; And lust of fame was but a dream that vanished with the morn:”

“You are a dog in the manger, Cathy, and desire no one to be loved but yourself!”

“Riches I hold in light esteem,And love I laugh to scorn,And lust of fame was but a dreamThat vanished with the morn.And if I pray, the only prayerThat moves my lips for meIs, 'Leave the heart that now I bear,And give me liberty!'Yes, as my swift days near their goal,'Tis all that I implore -In life and death, a chainless soul,With courage to endure.”

“Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.”