I'm Perfectly Miserable; But If You Consider

... Swept Into The Giddy Vortex Which Keeps So Many Young People Revolving Aimlessly, Till They Go Down Or Are Cast Upon The Shore, Wrecks Of What They Might Have Been

Six Weeks Is A Long Time To Wait, And A Still Longer Time For A Girl To Keep A Secret.

It Takes Two Flints To Make A Fire.

Jo Had Learned That Hearts, Like Flowers, Cannot Be Rudely Handled, But Must Open Naturally.

The Female Population Exceeds The Male, You Know, Especially In New England, Which Accounts For The High State Of Culture We Are In, Perhaps.