"Would you have me marry the girl?
That's coming it rather strong with your friendship for the cobbler!" "No, my lord; if things are as you represent, I have no such desire.
What I want is to put a stop to the whole affair.

Every man has to be his brother's keeper; and if our western notions concerning women be true, a man is yet more bound to be his sister's keeper.

He who does not recognize this, be he earl or prince, is viler than the murderous prowler after a battle.

For a man to say 'she can take care of herself,' is to speak out of essential hell.

The beauty of love is, that it does not take care of itself, but of the person loved.