Bessie-isms:

*Punish your children twice as much for lying as for any other offense, for there is no evil they might acquire that will lead them to ruin more than becoming skilled at this wicked act.

*Don’t waste time, as you have a limited allotment to use. Just understand that admiring the stars, or other of natures wonders isn’t wasteful, anymore than loving someone is.

Quotable:

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.

Henry Ward Beecher