"After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her."

"And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them."

"After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him."

"Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near."

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved."

"Strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard rules, but there are two things on which most parents agree: Boys are generally wilder than girls, and adolescents are wilder than kids of any other age. If you've got an adolescent boy, you're in the sweet spot for trouble."