There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
Washington IrvingThe tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated, except by those whose feelings are withered by vitiated society. Holy, simple, and beautiful in its construction, it is the emblem of all we can imagine of fidelity and truth.
Washington IrvingLittle minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Washington Irving