Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.

Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.

You can turn your hand to anything, you clever girl, so do come and give me some advice, for I am in the depths of despair," said Fanny, when the "maid-of-all-work," as Polly called herself, found a leisure hour."What is it? Moths in the furs, a smokey chimney, or small-pox next door?" asked Polly as they entered Fan's room, where Maud was trying on old bonnets before the looking glass."Actually I have nothing to wear," began Fan impressively.

It’s bad enough to be a girl, anyway, when I like boys’ games and work and manners!

Housekeeping ain't no joke.