It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
To take offence is a great folly, and to give offence is a great folly - I know not which is the greater.
the matrimonial shoe pinches me.
There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.
Kindness is always fashionable.
Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition.