Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.
Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?
Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.
The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.
Let us be elegant or die! --Amy
I will make a battering-ram of my head and make my way through this rough and tumble world.