In a world where thrushes sing and willow trees are golden in the spring, boredom should have been included among the seven deadly sins.

Cleanliness', chuckled Sir Benjamin, noting his great niece's delighted smile as her eyes rested upon him, 'comes next to godliness, eh, Maria?

He had discovered that the choice between self-love or love of something other than self offers no escape from suffering either way, it is merely a choice between two woundings, of the pride or of the heart.

autumn days have a holiness that spring lacks ... They are like old serene saints for whom death has lost its terror.

I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won't ever be a time when I shan't know him.

In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.

The sun is still there... even if clouds drift over it. Once you have experienced the reality of sunshine you may weep, but you will never feel ice about your heart again.