Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Topics: Friendship Quotes

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper...

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

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

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

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

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

God made man to go by motives, and He will not go without them, any...

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level...

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level...

Love is the river of life in the world.

Love is the river of life in the world.

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

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

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

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful...

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful...

When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows...

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...