Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.
Eating without conversation is only stoking. 
A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way.
One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.
No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.
Weather means more when you have a garden. There's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans. 