"I am fond of luxury."
"There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully, that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind."
"...for conceit spoils the finest genius."
"...the great charm of all power is modesty."
"You won't show the soft side of you character; and if a fellow gets a look at it by accident, and can't help showing that he likes it, you treat him as Mrs. Grummidge did her sweetheart; throw cold water over him, and get so thorny no one dares touch or look at you."
"I wish it was as easy for me to do the little things to please people, as it is for you. I think of them, but it takes too much time to do them; so I wait for a chance to confer a big favor, and let the small ones slip; but they tell best in the end, I guess."
"I suppose it's natural to some people to please without trying, and others to always say and do the wrong thing in the wrong place."
" They did feel it, yet neither spoke of it; for often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome."
"She recognized the beauty of her sister's life- uneventful, unambitious, yet full of the genuine virtues... The self-forgetfulness that makes the humblest on earth remembered soonest in heaven."
"Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow."
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