Bessie-isms:

*Parents beware! Kids can be masters at acting helpless to bait you into doing things for them. Avoid that or you will raise adults inclined to do the same wicked thing.

*Do not expect anyone to “make you happy,” as that is impossible. The person who is miserable alone will be miserable with others. Fix your own lack, and everything will make you happy.

Quotable:

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

George Bernard Shaw