“Take the world nice and easy, and the world will take you the same.”

“Do not resent growing old, many are denied the privilege.”

“Lose an hour in the morning and you'll be looking for it all day.”

“A man loves his sweetheart the most his wife the best but his mother the longest.”

“Two thirds of help is to give courage.”

“Every invalid is a physician.”

“For a long time, they sat without speaking. The air outside was filled with the lilting sound of sparrows, the buzz of traffic on Main Street, and under that the faint lapping of waves on the lakes...”

“If you can't win by reason, go for volume.”

“She meant that they'd never used words like "separation" and "divorce" even in their worst screaming matches. They yelled things like, "You're infuriating!" "You don't think!" "You are the most ann...”