Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

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Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

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Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again

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It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

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Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.

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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

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Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.

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my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

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And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.

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