It is only the first baby that takes up the whole of a woman's time.Five or six do not require nearly so much attention as one.

We want everything. All the happiness that earth and heaven are capable of bestowing. Creature comforts, and heart and soul comforts also; and, proud-spirited beings that we are, we will not be put off with a part. Give us only everything, and we will be content. And, after all, Cinderella, you have had your day. Some little dogs never get theirs. You must not be greedy. You have KNOWN happiness. The palace was Paradise for those few months, and the Prince's arms were about you, Cinderella, the Prince's kisses on your lips; the gods themselves cannot take THAT from you.

What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over

There is no more thrilling sensation I know of than sailing. It comes as near to flying as man has got to yet - except in dreams.

After a cup of tea (two spoonsful for each cup, and don't let it stand more than three minutes,) it says to the brain, "Now, rise, and show your strength. Be eloquent, and deep, and tender; see, with a clear eye, into Nature and into life; spread your white wings of quivering thought, and soar, a god-like spirit, over the whirling world beneath you, up through long lanes of flaming stars to the gates of eternity!

We drink [to] one another's health and spoil our own.

I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.