"My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin"

"Better one's House be too little one day than too big all the Year after"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"Business is the salt of life"

"As soon as there is life there is danger"