“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.”
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What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.
Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with.