Spring is beautiful, and summer is perfect for vacations, but autumn brings a longing to get away from the unreal things of life, out into the forest at night with a campfire and the rustling leaves.

Creative genius is a divinely bestowed gift which is the coronation of the few.

I thank you, God, in Heaven, for friends.

Not always the fanciest cake that's there Is the best to eat!

In home life contentment is an essential to daily comfort. One discontented person in the house creates an atmosphere fatal to tranquillity.

Love is like fire, a dangerous thing to play with, although the best of friends and the most loyal of servants when rightly handled.

Let every birthday be a festival, a time when the gladness of the house finds expression in flowers, in gifts, in a little fête. Never should a birthday be passed over without note, or as if it were a common day, never should it cease to be a garlanded milestone in the road of life.