to hope was to expect
How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!
Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.
I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.
I do suspect that he is not really necessary to my happiness.
Where people are really attached, poverty itself is wealth.