People make one happy, not houses? I do not think so. Houses are more to be trusted than people.
Concern for someone else was a good remedy for taking the mind off one's own troubles.
When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish.
Anyone may have diamonds: an heirloom is an ornament of quite a different kind.
Easy enough to dismiss others' problems when you had none of your own.
It's not what you want in this life, it's what you get that you have to do with.