But he never distinguished himself, and one of the reasons was, no doubt, that he married too soon.

I have heard him speak bitterly, and very indiscreetly, of early marriages; his wife was dead then, but every one knew what he meant.
Rhoda, when one thinks how often a woman is a clog upon a man's ambition, no wonder they regard us as they do.' 'Of course, women are always retarding one thing or another.

But men are intensely stupid not to have remedied that long ago.' 'He determined that his boys should be gentlemen.

Tom, the elder, followed his wishes exactly; he was remarkably clever, but idleness spoilt him, and now he has made that ridiculous marriage--the end of poor Tom.

Everard went to Eton, and the school had a remarkable effect upon him; it made him a furious Radical.