... no matter how one's heart aches, one can do the necessary things and do them well.
it always seems to me as if the lavender was a little woman in a green dress, with a lavender bonnet and a white kerchief. She's one of those strong, sweet, wholesome people, who always rest you, and her sweetness lingers long after she goes away.
Marriage is the cold potato of love.
Silence always gives consent.
How strange it is that life must be nearly over, before one fully learns to live!
I have a friend, physically magnificent, who combines within himself the intellect of a philosopher, the diplomacy of a statesman, the executive ability of the general of an army, the courtesy of a Chesterfield - and the emotions of a rabbit.