Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.

I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family." "Very boring, Emerson.

Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point

Superstition has its practical uses.

..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females...and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.