Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.
Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and enmity of three.
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.
The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.