In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding. - Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

One of the first things to be noted in business life is its imperialism. Business is exacting, engrossing, and inelastic.

I would not, if I could, give up the memory of the joy I have had in books for any advantage that could be offered in other pursuits or occupations. Books have been to me what gold is to the miser, what new fields are to the explorer, what a new discovery is to the scientific student.

Let every birthday be a festival, a time when the gladness of the house finds expression in flowers, in gifts, in a little fête. Never should a birthday be passed over without note, or as if it were a common day, never should it cease to be a garlanded milestone in the road of life.