“Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.”
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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.
Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.