Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.’

Don’t be afraid, it is but a boy—yet the villain scowls so plainly in his face; would it not be a kindness to the country to hang him at once, before he shows his nature in acts as well as features?”

I’m mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!’

‘You are one of those things that are ever found when least wanted, and when you are wanted, never!

treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.”

‘What fiend possesses you to stare back at me, continually, with those infernal eyes? Down with them! and don’t remind me of your existence again. I thought I had cured you of laughing.’