In one family, all goes by two and two. If a member of it has any interest, he or she will confide it to some one other; but the rest know nothing. In another family, all feel what touches one; nothing is kept dark from the father and mother, brothers and sisters--all share. This family habit is by far the better, it strengthens the tie between the members, and makes the home one home.
All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better. - Charles Buxton
All movement, of every creature, comes from the desire after something better.
- Charles Buxton
Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred. - Charles Buxton
Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
A successful career has been full of blunders. - Charles Buxton
A successful career has been full of blunders.
Pounds are the sons, not of pounds, but of pence. - Charles Buxton
Pounds are the sons, not of pounds, but of pence.
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim. - Charles Buxton
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.
The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched. - Charles Buxton
The fact is - nothing comes, at least nothing good. All has to be fetched.
Proverbs are potted wisdom. - Charles Buxton
Proverbs are potted wisdom.
Indulge in procrastination, and in time yon will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can't do it. - Charles Buxton
Indulge in procrastination, and in time yon will come to this, that because a thing ought to be done, therefore you can't do it.
You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant. - Charles Buxton
You have not fulfilled every duty unless you have fulfilled that of being pleasant.
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