I would always rather be happy than dignified.

“I stood lonely enough, but to that feeling of isolation I was accustomed: it di…”

“You are no ruin, sir—no lightning-struck tree: you aregreen and vigorous. Plant…”

“But solitude is sadness.''Yes; it is sadness. Life, however, has worse than tha…”

“Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.”