A parent, unlike a poet, is not born - he is made..

Human life is so full of pain, that once past the youthful delusion that a sad countenance is interesting, and an incurable woe the most delightful t….

A person who is careless about money is careless about everything, and untrustworthy in everything..

Mine to the core of the heart, my beauty! Mine, all mine, and for love, not duty: Love given willingly, full and free, Love for love's sake - as m….