There are books of which the backs and covers are by far
the best parts.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never
tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they
are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and
has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and
broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens
of another.
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious
as laughter and good humor.
Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
To a young heart everything is fun.
My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful
companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when
he takes to complimenting other people.
I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for
putting two such words together.
For it is good to be children sometimes, and never better
than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child Himself.
It's my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I
never own to it before her.
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