'What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?'

'She well knew the great architectural secret of decorating her constructions, and never condescended to construct a decoration.'

'There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.'

'It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.'

'I think he must be something in the City, and that they have taken the house just for the summer; for their place is in Scotland, and his work makes it necessary for them to be near the rail to London every day.'

'She well knows that bishoprics go by favour, and not by merit.'

'I wish you to understand that it is not in my power to return to Barchester.'

'Those who can earn their bread should never be driven to eat the bread of others.'

'It is not by works of their own, but by His mercy, that they can hope for salvation.'

'Nothing can be so melancholy as the outskirts of a provincial town when such outskirts are devoid of houses and inhabitants.'

'A woman should never be hurried into a marriage.'

Barchester Towers