A handful of good life is worth a bushel of learning."
"Dear Emily--I have a brilliant idea and at once
hasten to share it with you. Three weeks ago I came
up here to the wilds of Vermont to visit my old aunt
also to get a little quiet and distance in which to survey
certain new prospects which have opened before me
and to decide whether I will marry a millionnaire and
become a queen of society or remain 'the charming
Miss Vaughan' and wait till the conquering hero
comes."

"Aunt Plumy begs me to stay over Christmas and
I have consented as I always dread the formal dinner
with which my guardian celebrates the day."