A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
I do not know any way so sure of making others happy as of being so oneself, to begin with.
Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure.
A sceptical young man one day conversing with the celebrated Dr. Parr, observed that he would believe nothing which he could not understand. "Then, young man, your creed will be the shortest of any man's I know."
Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.
No man has ever praised to persons equally-and pleased them both.