There is virtue in country houses, in gardens and orchards, in fields, streams and groves, in rustic recreations and plain manners, that neither cities nor universities enjoy.

Dignity of manner always conveys a sense of reserved force.

Civilization degrades many in order to exalt the few.

Where women are, the better things are implied if not spoken.

No one is promiscuous in his way of dying. A man who has decided to hang himself will never jump in front of a train.

Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.

The less routine the more life.