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

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.

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

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.

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.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Man has it all in his hands, and it all slips through his fingers from sheer cowardice.