If you live among dogs they’ll think you’ve the motives of a dog. - Ford Madox Ford

Oh, child,' the Father exclaimed, 'whether it's St Martha or that Mary that made the bitter choice, not one of them ever looked more virtuous than you. Why aren't ye born to be a good man's help-meet?

Pride and reserve are not the only things in life; perhaps they are not even the best things. But if they happen to be your particular virtues you will go all to pieces if you let them go.

Words passed, but words could no more prove an established innocence than words can enhance a love that exists.