For the size of it, a check book is about the greatest convenience I know of.

it always seems to me as if the lavender was a little woman in a green dress, with a lavender bonnet and a white kerchief. She's one of those strong, sweet, wholesome people, who always rest you, and her sweetness lingers long after she goes away.

It all depends on the way you look at it. The point of view is everything in this world.

Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.

marriage is a great strain upon love.

I had thought, in my blindness, that the great things were the easiest to do, but now I see that drudgery is an inseparable part of everything worth while, and the more worth while it is, the more drudgery is involved.

Making an issue of a little thing is one of the surest ways to spoil happiness.