The world is such a marvel - it gave you trials, but if you were still and concentrated, if you tried to do the right thing, it always provided you with salvation.

It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one most.

So this is how life was, she thought with a faint smile: It wore you down until you emerged at its wildest, most unexpected ends.

A young lady's most natural ally is her sister although sometimes our own relatives are as inscrutable to us as an antipodean.

Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.

She was full of some strange energy that morning. Her every movement had purpose and life and she seemed to find satisfaction in every little thing.

She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose.