Mothers arms are made of tenderness, And sweet sleep blesses the child who lies therein.

...We pray together, we are afraid together, and then we go to sleep. Even if Satan came into the house, no one would interfere. After all, what is there to fear in this house? There is always one with us who is the strongest. Satan may visit our house, but the good Lord lives here.

Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great.

Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres.

The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. Yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only.

He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends

Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.