The small charity that comes from the heart is better than the great charity that comes from the head.

Better to deserve praise without having it, than to have it without deserving it.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there a heart somewhere to receive it.

To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows.

The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.

If you must hate a man for the many things about which you disagree, remember that you should also love him for the many things about which you agree.

Men are willing to admit that they are sinners, but not that they are sinning.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.

However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.

A half-truth does more mischief than a whole lie.

Hast thou fallen? Do not groan and lament: rather be thankful for the opportunity given thee to rise once more.

The furnace which melts gold, also hardens clay. Before blaming thy fate, therefore, find whether thou art gold or clay.

Love is not like the echo, which returneth only what is given; but, rather, like the pump, which returneth by the pail what it received by the pint.

It is not the roaring thunder that smites, but the silent lightning.

The best excuse is to have none.

If silence is good for the wise, how much better is it for the foolish!

Life is not meant to be hard: if it is, we make it so.

As long as I fear my weakness, I am stronger than when I trust my strength.