There is so much to love and to admire in this life that it is an act of ingratitude not to be happy and content in this existence.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Of the many rights of ladies, the best should be to be considered a mother.

Only he who handles his ideas lightly is master of his ideas, and only he who is master of his ideas is not enslaved by them.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.