How chronic is the unconcern of men and women of the world!
Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.
it is easy to starve, but it is difficult to stoop.
Amiability is the redeeming quality of fools.
Life is such a very troublesome matter, when all is said and done, that it's as well even to take its blessings quietly.
Phoebe Marks was a person who never lost her individuality. Silent and self-contained, she seemed to hold herself within herself, and take no colour from the outer world.