A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

Human nature is above all things lazy.

The same quickness which makes a mind buoyant in gladness often makes it gentlest and most sympathetic in sorrow.

Your little child is the only true democrat.

It is always our treasure that the lightning strikes.

One part of the science of living is to learn just what our own responsibility is, and to let other people's alone.