There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

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Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have...

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have...

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break...

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break...

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Courage consists not in blindly overlooking danger, but in seeing it, and conquering it.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like...

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like...

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of...

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of...

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but...

Woman and men of retiring timidity are cowardly only in dangers which affect themselves, but...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that...

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we...

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we...

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven.

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and...

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and...

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are...

The words that a father speaks to his children in the privacy of home are...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.

A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.