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Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.
Women were expected to have weak opinions; but the great safeguard of society and of domestic life was, that opinions were not acted on. Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.
The really delightful marriage must be that where your husband was a sort of father, and could teach you even Hebrew, if you wished it.
"Souls have complexions too: what will suit one will not suit another."
The younger had always worn a yoke; but is there any yoked creature without its private opinions?
