...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy.

...freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.

It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.

Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

It is my opinion that this day will never come to an end," said Prince, with a yawn that nearly rent him assunder.