It was the best of times it was the worst of times.
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.
True! - nervous - very, very nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?
Amory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, that made him worth while.
Best first line - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
Best last line - “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”