“Trust Anne to turn a disadvantage into an asset!”

“But our lives were not as they seemed, were they, Sophia? No one's life ever is.”

“Gentlemen, if my love for you equaled my ignorance of everything concerning you, it would indeed be unbounded.”

“...his dearest wish was that he could have a quiet life free from his obligations.”

“They were seated at the banquet side by side, immediately good friends, their great attraction being that each of them knew there was nothing to fear from the other.”

“People always grumbled. If things went well they wanted them to go better. Give them comfort and they wanted luxuries.”

“What a good thing it is to have in this world one person of whom who need not cherish the smallest fear!”