Why is it so difficult to love wisely, so easy to love too well?
The strongest proof of repentance is the endeavor to atone.
Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.
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.
Amiability is the redeeming quality of fools.
You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully; "you ought to have been a detective police officer.