I suppose that we women are such cowards that we think a man will save us from fears, and we marry him.

He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please.

If a man's esteem and gratitude are ever worth the winning, you have won mine today. If ever the future should bring to you a time when you need a man's help, believe me, you will not call in vain. God grant that no such time may ever come to you to break the sunshine of your life; but if it should ever come, promise me that you will let me know.

I could not resist the temptation of mystifying him a bit, I suppose it is some taste of the original apple that remains still in our mouths.

Whether it is the old lady's fear, or the many ghostly traditions of this place, or the crucifix itself, I do not know, but I am not feeling nearly as easy in my mind as usual.

Nature in one of her beneficent moods has ordained that even death has some antidote to its own terrors.

We learn of great things by little experiences.