The arbitrary division of one's life into weeks and days and hours seemed, on the whole, useless. There was but one day for the men, and that was pay day, and one for the women, and that was rent day. As for the children, every day was theirs, just as it should be in every corner of the world.

Some folks goes right under when trouble comes, but I carry mine fur an' easy.

Mrs. Wiggs was a philosopher, and the sum and substance of her philosophy lay in keeping the dust off her rose-colored spectacles.

happiness is a duty, not only because of its effect upon us but because of its influence upon others.

Somehow, I never feel like good things b'long to me till I pass 'em on to somebody else.

there ain't no use in dyin' 'fore yer time. Lots of folks is walkin' 'round jes' as dead as they'll ever be.

any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure.