My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me; We'll lock them up together, And throw away the key..

How would that excellent mystery, wedded life, irradiate the world with its blessed influences, were the generous impulses and sentiments of courtshi….

The only time we can fail is if we quit. Most perceived failures are only stepping stones being small problems encountered along the path to a goal. ….

Kind words are benedictions. The are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the speaker and hearer of them..

Dean Swift proposed to tax beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms; he said the tax would be cheerfully paid and very productive..

Mammon is the largest slave-holder in the world..

True it is, as society is instituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery, for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or cupidity; in ei….

As a human being, possessing education, talent, and recourses obligates you to help others less fortunate..

Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect..

Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities. No man who is not pleased with him….

Whatever of goodness emanates from the soul, gathers its soft halo in the eyes; and if the heart be a lurking place of crime, the eyes are sure to be….

Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea.

Love, indeed, lends a precious seeing to the eye, and hearing to the ear: all sights and sounds are glorified by the light of its presence..

A woman with a hazel eye never elopes from her husband, never chats scandal, never finds fault, never talks too much nor too little--always is an ent….

The best practitioners give to their patients the least medicine..

True beauty is in the mind; and the expression of the features depends more upon the moral nature than most persons are accustomed to think..

The Sabbath-day is the savings-bank of humanity..

Good-humor is the clear blue sky of the soul..