That sort of half sigh, which, accompanied by two or three slight nods of the head, is pity's small change in general society.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

Half a crown in the bill, if you look at the waiter.

Could anything be more indicative of a slight but general insanity than the aspect of the crowd on the streets of Chicago?

I never had one hour's happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death.

It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head.