The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?

Love and Loyalty If ever men and women are their simplest, sincerest selves, it is when suffering softens the one, and sympathy strengthens the other.

Now I'm beginning to live a little and feel less like a sick oyster at low tide.

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.