All that this world knows of living lies in giving - and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.
Alexander MacLarenTo pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty.
Alexander MacLarenEvery life has dark tracts and long stretches of somber tint, and no representation is true to fact which dips its pencil only in light, and flings no shadows on the canvas.
Alexander MacLaren