Fear is a kind of bell ... it is the soul's signal for rallying. |
Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices. |
Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into. |
Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into |
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock. |
Free speech is to a great people what winds are to oceans and malarial regions, which waft away the elements of disease and bring new elements of health; and where free speech is stopped, miasma is bred, and death comes fast. |
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for it. |
Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. |
Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men. |
God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. |
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how. |
God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas |
God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. |
God's providence is on the side of clear heads |
Going hungry never bothered me - it was having no clothes. |