Dorothy Canfield Fisher

She was scrubbing furiously at a line of grease spots which led from the stove towards the door to the dining-room. That was where Henry had held the platter tilted as he carried the steak in yesterday. And yet if she had warned him once about that, she had a thousand times! ”

Some people think that doctors and nurses can put scrambled eggs back into the shell. ”

Freedom is not worth fighting for if it means no more than license for everyone to get as much as he can for himself. ”

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young. ”

If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with a two weeks' vacation, we would be startled at our false standards and the aimless procession of our busy days. ”

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young. ”

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . ”