Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Paradise is always where love dwells.

Age doesn't matter, unless your cheese.

There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know.

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

See, indeed, that your daughter is thoroughly grounded and experienced in household duties; but take care, through religion and poetry, to keep her heart open to heaven.