One uncongenial guest can ruin a dinner more easily than a poor salad, and that is saying a great deal.
... sometimes, out of bitterness, the years distill forgiveness.
Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in the years to come.
A man likes to feel that he is loved, a woman likes to be told.
I've always thought my flowers had souls.
Content is a matter of temperament rather than circumstance.