TO KNOW how to grow old is the master-work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.

And the kingdom of heaven is of the childlike, of those who are easy to please, who love and who give pleasure.

The smiling Baby came to give us glee,
But for the weepers was the Saviour born. 

Then arose a joyous clamour from the wild-fowl on the mere,
Beneath the stars, across the snow, like clear bells ringing,
And a voice within cried, – ‘Listen!  Christmas carols even here!

I SHOULD count myself fortunate if my home were remembered for some inspiring quality of faith, charity and aspiring intelligence. 

THE truest hospitality is shown not in the effort to entertain, but in the depth of welcome.   What a guest loves to come for, and come again, is not the meal, but those who sit at the meal. 

HOW the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one’s own comfort, and not for the comfort of one’s neighbours. 

We shall guard ourselves against the temptations of artificial wants which the ingenuity of producers offers in seductive forms.

We shall, to sum up all in one master-principle, estimate value and costs in terms of life… we shall seek nothing of which the cost to the producer so measured exceeds the gain to ourselves.