“...to be skillful in domestic duties was surely one of the most charming of woman's qualities.”

“What a charming reconciler and peacemaker money is!”

“Long brooding over those lost pleasures exaggerates their charm and sweetness.”

“Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt, are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?”

“Charming Alnaschar visions! It is the happy privilege of youth to construct you, and many a fanciful creature besides Rebecca Sharp has indulged in these delightful daydreams ere now!”

“There's a great power of imagination about these little creatures, and a creative fancy and belief that is very curious to watch . . . I am sure that horrid matter-of-fact child-rearers . . . do away with the child's most beautiful privilege. I am determined that Anny shall have a very extensive and instructive store of learning in Tom Thumbs, Jack-the-Giant-Killers, etc.”

“A woman with fair opportunities, and without an absolute hump, may marry WHOM SHE LIKES.”