“For love must be a very foolish thing to look back upon, when it has brought persons born to affluence into indigence, and laid a generous mind under obligation and dependence.”
“Wherever there is great property there is great inequality. For one very rich man there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the few supposes the indigence of the many. The affluence of the rich excites the indignation of the poor, who are often both driven by want, and prompted by envy, to invade his possessions.”
“all white with snow as if under dustsheets, as if laid away eternally as soon as brought back from the shop, never to be seen or touched”
“When you smile looking back, upon the person whom you have loved forever, you have created Dignity, and self enlightment”
“The devil, depend upon it, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.”
“We must always look after our friends, even when they are foolish. Especially when they are foolish.”