A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness

All happiness depends on courage and work

Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

Wit needs leisure, and certain inequalities of position

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.