. . . for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.

I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world.

Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

It takes two flints to make a fire.

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.

Don't mind me. I'm as happy as a cricket here.

Better lose your life than your soul.