A man is educated and turned out to work. But a woman is educated and turned out to grass.

No daughter is ever her mother's darling. That spot is always reserved for the son.

There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream -- whatever that dream might be.

Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be.

To know what one can have and to do with it, being prepared for no more, is the basis of equilibrium.

Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.