“A comfortable home is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.”
-Sydney Smith

“The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”
-Benjamin Disraeli

“No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.”
-C.S. Lewis

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"If a task is once begun, never leave it till its done...Be the labor great or small do it well or not at all."

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"To know self-restraint and practice it protects one from shame."
- Lao-tzu

"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
- Seneca

"Ah! There is nothing like staying home for real comfort."
- Jane Austen

"There is, indeed, something inexpressibly pleasing in the annual renovation of the world, and the new display of the treasures of nature."
- Samuel Johnson

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"He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home."
- Goethe"A

"Anything one does every day is important and imposing and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful."
- Gertrude Stein

"The clearest indication of character is what people find laughable."
- Goethe

"No money is better spent that what is laid out for domestic satisfaction."
- Samuel Johnson