Shunning the upstart shower, / The cold and cursory scrub, / I celebrate the power / That lies within the Tub.

It is the leisured, I have noticed, who rebel the most at an interruption of routine.

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.

There are books that one needs maturity to enjoy just as there are books an adult can come on too late to savor.

Ladies with curly hair / Have time to spare.

God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul.

Ah, snug lie those that slumber Beneath Conviction's roof. Their floors are sturdy lumber, Their windows weatherproof. But I sleep cold forever And cold sleep all my kind, For I was born to shiver In the draft from an open mind.