“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”
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Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
