“I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.”
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I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.
The only advantage of not being too good a housekeeper is that your guests are so pleased to feel how very much better they are.
When life is too easy for us, we must beware or we may not be ready to meet the blows which sooner or later come to everyone, rich or poor.
A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
