The river in front of her was black. She thought it contained many things.

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

If the desire to get somewhere is strong enough in a person, his whole being, conscious and unconscious, is always at work, looking for and devising means to get to the goal.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.