 Happiness is not the end of life; character is. Topics: Character |
| The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. Topics: Character |
| The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad. Topics: Character |
| Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven. Topics: Charity |
| God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. Topics: Charity, Weakness |
| God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else. Topics: Cheerfulness, Blessings |
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| Mirth is God's medicine. Everybody ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness, anxiety - all this rust of life ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. It is better than emery. Every man ought to rub himself with it. Topics: Cheerfulness |
| Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child. Topics: Children, Hatred, Laughter |
| Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. Topics: Children |
| Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next. Topics: Children |
| The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic. Topics: Children, Animals |
| There's not much practical Christianity in the man who lives on better terms with angels and seraphs, than with his children, servants and neighbors. Topics: Christianity |
