He's a very nervous man, and is sometimes out of humor, it's true, but then he is often very nice.

He's such a true, honest nature, and a heart of gold.

But yesterday there were special reasons," pursued Stepan Arkadyevitch, with a meaning smile, totally oblivious of the genuine sympathy he had felt the day before for his friend, and feeling the same sympathy now, only for Vronsky.

" Yes, there were reasons why he could not help being either particularly happy or particularly unhappy.