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.

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

It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.

I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day.

The girls gave their hearts into their mother's keeping-their souls into their father's; and to both parents, who lived and labored so faithfully for them, they gave a love that grew with their growth, and bound them tenderly together by the sweetest tie which blesses life and outlives death.

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

…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.