“do you think it isbetter to be clever than to be good?”“Good for what?” asked the Doctor. “You are good fornothing unless you are clever.”

“You are good for nothing unless you are clever.”

“Wherever you go, madam, it will matter little what you carry. You will always carry your goodness.”

“Live as you like best, and your character will take care of itself. Most things are good for you; the exceptions are very rare.”

“Between nine and ten, at last, in the high clear picture--he was moving in these days, as in a gallery, from clever canvas to clever canvas--he drew a long breath: it was so presented to him from the first that the spell of his luxury wouldn't be broken.”

“Ah darling, goodness, I think, never brought any one out. Goodness, when it's real, precisely, rather keeps people IN.”

“Well, I am rather afraid of that visit," said Clifford. "It seems to me it will be rather like going to school again."The Baroness looked at him a moment."My dear child," she said, "there is no agreeable man who has not, at some moment, been to school to a clever woman--probably a little older than himself. And you must be thankful when you get your instructions gratis. With me you would get it gratis.”