There is always a but in this imperfect world.
What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.
Because I imagine there must be only a very, very few men in the world, that I should like to marry; and of those few, it is ten to one I may never be acquainted with one; or if I should, it is twenty to one he may not happen to be single, or to take a fancy to me.
There are great books in this world and great worlds in books.
I had been seasoned by adversity, and tutored by experience, and I longed to redeem my lost honour in the eyes of those whose opinion was more than that of all the world to me.
I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world.