- Introductory Title: The greatest tragedy in the world, because it is the most frequent, is that of a human soul caught in the toils of the commonplace. This happens in many homes where family ties, which could be bonds of love, have become iron fetters of dependence.
- Intertitle: If you want to know what kind of family lives in a house look at the dining room.
- Mrs. Dwight Deacon: Oh, Dwightie, have I kept you waiting?
- Dwight Deacon: After twenty years of being married to you, my darling, I aught to be used to waiting.