Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives

With a sister, one can never fear that success will go to one's head.

Human beings who leave behind them no great achievements, but only a series of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives

I will protect you until you are grown and then I will let you fly free, but loving you, that is for always.

Success is not fame or money or the power to bewitch. it is to have created something valuable from your own individuality and skill a garden, an embroidery, a painting, a cake, a life.

Any cat that misses a mouse pretends it was aiming for the dead leaf.

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.