The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.
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.
Lots of people think they're charitable if they give away their old clothes and things they don't want.
Making an issue of a little thing is one of the surest ways to spoil happiness.
Pedestals are always lonely.
Some women are born to be married, some achieve marriage, and others have marriage thrust upon them.