all daughters, even when most aggravated by their mothers, have a secret respect for them. They believe perhaps that they can do everything better than their mothers can, and many things they can do better, but they have not yet lived long enough to be sure how successfully they will meet the major emergencies of life, which lie, sometimes quite creditably, behind their mothers.

if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.

with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe!

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.

If one has one cow, it is always better not to be too familiar with those who have seven.

Where there is laughter there is always more health than sickness.

to everything there is an end - except fear.