“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.”

“All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they are, and that which they think they are.”

“If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.”

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns I am thankful that thorns have roses.”

“Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.”

“The more things change, the more they are the same.”

“We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live misfortune down, Trot!”