we know by the odour that occasionally we are visited by skunks, which are not poetic but very beautiful.

we know by the odour that occasionally we are visited by skunks, which are not poetic but very beautiful.

It really seems as if failure and hardship make more of a human being of folks than success.

a trouble shared is a trouble half endured.

In the economy of nature nothing is ever lost. I cannot belive that the soul of man shall prove the one exception

Now what is a guest? A thing of a day! A person who disturbs your routine and interferes with important concerns. Why should any one be grateful for company? Why should time and money be lavished on visitors? They come. You overwork yourself. They go. You are glad of it. You return the visit, because it's the only way to have back at them.

no one in the whole world knows all a man's bignesses and all his littlenesses as his wife does.