A modern writer likens coquettes to those hunters who do not eat the game which they have successfully pursued.
Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.
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.
How chronic is the unconcern of men and women of the world!
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.