There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages

Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it

Conscience is the frame of character, and love is the covering for it

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their...

The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving...

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

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...

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

Success is full of promise till one gets it, and then it seems like a...

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

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

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

No influence is so powerful as that of the mother.

All I am I owe to my mother.

All I am I owe to my mother.

You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had...

You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life if you had...