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

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.

My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.

They were enjoying the happy hour that seldom comes but once in any life, the magical moment which bestows youth on the old, beauty on the plain, wealth on the poor, and gives human hearts a foretaste of heaven.

It was fortunate that tea was at hand, to produce a lull and provide refreshment,— for they would have been hoarse and faint if they had gone on much longer.

But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.

A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.