Salt is like good humour, and nearly everything is better for a pinch of it.

Better lose your life than your soul.

Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.

A faithful friend is a strong defence, And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.

Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered.

Every house needs a grandmother in it.

Love is a great beautifier.

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.

I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.

Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.

Where the heart is the mind works best.

It’s amazing how lovely common things become if one only knows how to look at them.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.