Theres nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.

Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

Every child's birthright is a happy home.

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

... Love is heaven and claims its own.

Let every birthday be a festival, a time when the gladness of the house finds expression in flowers, in gifts, in a little fête. Never should a birthday be passed over without note, or as if it were a common day, never should it cease to be a garlanded milestone in the road of life.

Kindness is the truest wisdom of life and we cannot go far without it.