Selfishness Is One Of The Qualities Apt

What, In The Name Of Common-sense, Had I To Do With Any Better Society Than I Had Always Lived In?

What A Sweet Reverence Is That When A Young Man Deems His Mistress A Little More Than Mortal And Almost Chides Himself For Longing To Bring Her Close To His Heart.

What Would A Man Do, If He Were Compelled To Live Always In The Sultry Heat Of Society, And Could Never Bathe Himself In Cool Solitude?

It [the Scarlet Letter] Had The Effect Of A Spell, Taking Her Out Of The Ordinary Relations With Humanity, And Enclosing Her In A Sphere By Herself.

Life Figures Itself To Me As A Festal Or Funereal Procession.