Stain my eyes as I may, on all sides all is black.

That indescribable expression peculiar to people who hope they have not been asleep, but know they have.

Who waits until the wind shall silent keep Will never find the ready hour to sow.

There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.

The woman who creates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and women, is a creator second only to God.

Who longest wait of all surely wins.

Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.