Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful.

Despair is a free man--hope is a slave.

There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a comforting thought

I'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure.

Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.

People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne.

No use in taking a cat's opinion of a dog.