It only seems as if you are doing something when you're worrying.

A bosom friend - an intimate friend, you know - a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.

Few things in Avonlea ever escaped Mrs. Lynde. It was only that morning Anne had said, "If you went to your own room at midnight, locked the door, pulled down the blind, and sneezed, Mrs. Lynde would ask you the next day how your cold was!

Those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths and the natures which enjoy most keenly are those which also suffer most sharply.

[she] had a great reputation for unselfishness because she was always giving up a lot of things she didn't want.

No use in taking a cat's opinion of a dog.

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.