Merle Shain
Merle Shain

Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.

Merle Shain
Merle Shain

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Merle Shain
Merle Shain

One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment.

Merle Shain
Merle Shain

You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.

Merle Shain
Merle Shain

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.

Merle Shain
Merle Shain

Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you see much less than you otherwise might.