A perfect marriage is as rare as a perfect love. Could it be otherwise, when both men and women are so imperfect? Could aught else be expected? Yet all do expect it.

O, the mulberry-tree is of trees the queen! Bare long after the rest are green; But as time steals onwards, while none perceives Slowly she clothes herself with leaves.

With faces like dead lovers who died true.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

according to the old joke, married people are often like little boys bathing, who cry with chattering teeth to the boys on the shore, 'Do come in, it's so warm' - it is not always warm.

Ethics, as has been well said, are the finest fruits of humanity, but they are not its roots

A person who is careless about money is careless about everything, and untrustworthy in everything.

It is not work that kills, but "worry."

Those whose own light is quenched are often the light-bringers.

How the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not for the comfort of one's neighbors.

Young Dandelion On a hedge-side Said young Dandelion Who'll be my bride? Said young Dandelion With a sweet air, I have my eye on Miss Daisy fair.

Always strive to get what you want, what you need, especially if your intentions are good and nobody gets hurt in the process.

To belong somewhere. That was something much more important than belonging to someone. Now, he used to think to himself that maybe he took too serious that 'mission' of belonging somewhere.

There are no unresourceful people, only those who choose not to care about the results.

Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow hard and cold

Almost is almost a way of life for almost everybody

To pass through the door that leads to God's kingdom, we must go down on our knees.

Good health is the best weapon against religion. Healthy bodies and healthy minds have never been shaken by religious fears.

God gave us family so that when we have a hard time praying for ourselves, we have others who will pray for us.

Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream, And scenes of bliss pass as a phantom by? ---"On death

Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense.