You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.

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.

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

Love is a great beautifier.

She fell into the moody, miserable state of mind which often comes when strong wills have to yield to the inevitable.

She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.

politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names