In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made and forgot to put a soul into.

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults....

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults....

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the...

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in...

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in...

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech...

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

My wife is going to kill me. But you look like my wife, so that's...

My wife is going to kill me. But you look like my wife, so that's...

We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse, and I don't...

We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse, and I don't...