Nothing is bad which does not harm either you or someone else.

it is bad manners to contradict a guest. You must never insult people in your own house - always go to theirs.

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

when one has learned to wait patiently, one has learned to live.

I've just washed my hair and I can't do a thing with it!

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.

each separate flower has a magic all its own.