"I have been in love with the idea of being in love."

"He was a man of a ponderous and solemn aspect; a man who might have been a bishop, or a judge, or a prime minister, or anything else that was grave and dignified."

"I have always been a great admirer of the wisdom of the ancients, and I have always been of the opinion that there is a great deal to be learned from them."

"It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene l…"

"It is a most remarkable thing that the most important events of our lives are often brought about by the most trivial causes."