To most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep.

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.

We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.

Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with the daily regret that it isn't cake.

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.

I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman,' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else.

"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.