Evidently, whatever else marriage might prevent, it was not a remedy for isolation of spirit.
That was the worst of being poor, you couldn't give the right things in sickness.
Cruelty, I truly believe, is the one and only sin.
It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.
Youth is always an enemy to the old.
To mourn was distressing, but to endeavor to mourn and fail was worse than distress.