Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting. – Benjamin Franklin
It is a great deal easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter how hard it is, than to face the responsibilities of not doing it. – J. R. Miller
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. – Titus Maccius Plautus