Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. -Laura Ingalls Wilder, author (1867-1957)

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

Let's be cheerful! We have no more right to steal the brightness out of the day for our own family than we have to steal the purse of a stranger.

Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.

These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.

Home is the nicest word there is.

This earthly life is a battle,' said Ma. 'If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.