Only a very gifted mind could cope singly with all the problems which present themselves in the perfecting of a home.

It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.

The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.

Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom, and behold it (as it were) for the first time; in its right, authentic colors; without making comparisons. Cherish and burnish this faculty of seeing crudely, simply, artlessly, ignorantly; of seeing like a baby or a lunatic, who lives each moment by itself and tarnishes by the present no remembrance of the past.

The real Tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.

As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.