Few husbands (and the longer I observe, the more I am convinced of the truth of what I am about to say, and I make no exception in favor of education or station) have the magnanimity to use justly, generously, the power which the law puts in their hands.

There are no little things. "Little things," so called, are the hinges of the universe.

Light hearts seldom keep company with heavy coffers.

Nowhere more than in New York does the contest between squalor and splendor so sharply present itself.

I am convinced that there are times in everybody's experience when there is so much to be done, that the only way to do it is to sit down and do nothing.

To the Pilgrim Mothers, who not only had their full share of the hardships and privations of pioneer life but also had the Pilgrim Fathers to endure.

A little oil makes machinery work easy.