“A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.”

“A college education shows a man how little other people know.”

“Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.”

“When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.”

“Mothers can get weaned as well as babies.”

“Hope is a pleasant acquaintance but an unsafe friend.”

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love...”

“He drew a circle that shut me out-Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout.But love and I had the wit to win:We drew a circle and took him In !From the poem " Outwitted”