I Have Been Taking My Daily Walk

Simplicity Is A Great Element Of Good Breeding.

Cultivate In Young Minds An Equal Love Of The Good, The Beautiful And The Absurd; Most People's Lives Are Too Lead-colored To Lose The Smallest Twinkle Of Light From A Flash Of Nonsense.

I Am Persuaded That We Are All Surrounded By An Atmosphere - A Separate, Sensitive, Distinct Envelope Extending Some Distance From Our Visible Persons - And Whenever My Invisible Atmosphere Is Invaded, It Affects My Whole Nervous System. The Proximity Of Any Bodies But Those I Love Best Is Unendurable To My Body.

A Good Many Causes Tend To Make Good Masters And Mistresses Quite As Rare As Good Servants.... The Large And Rapid Fortunes By Which Vulgar And Ignorant People Become Possessed Of Splendid Houses, Splendidly Furnished, Do Not, Of Course, Give Them The Feelings And Manners Of Gentle Folks, Or In Any Way Really Raise Them Above The Servants They Employ, Who Are Quite Aware Of This Fact, And That The Possession Of Wealth Is Literally The Only Superiority Their Employers Have Over Them.

Christmas Is A Season Of Such Infinite Labour, As Well As Expense In The Shopping And Present-making Line, That Almost Every Woman I Know Is Good For Nothing In Purse And Person For A Month Afterwards, Done Up Physically, And Broken Down Financially.