Legislation may at times be disobeyed, but never law, for the breaking brings swift punishment of its own.

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.

Before, you think of it as a permanent bond of happiness; later, you see that it is a yoke, borne unequally. You marry to keep love, but sometimes that is the surest way to lose it.

There are many people who consider love a dream, but they usually grow to think of marriage as the cold breakfast.

If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy.

When you borrow trouble you give your peace of mind as security.

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