The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome.
The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.
The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice.
Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.