To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a nest from which the bird has flown.
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.
The dog is the god of frolic.
