And just as a little thread of gold, running through a fabric, brightens the whole garment, so women's work at home, while only the doing of little things, like the golden gleam of sunlight runs through and brightens all the fabric of civilization.

We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.

If the members of a home are ill-temperered and quarrelsome, how quickly you feel it when you enter the house. You may not know just what is wrong, but you wish to make your visit short.

There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.

All I have told is true, but it is not the whole truth.

Never bet your money on another man's game.

[On dishonesty:] If there were a cry of 'stop thief!' we would all stand still.