Charity that is always beginning at home stays there.
Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.
The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.
There is more in the education of children than the everlasting iteration of the word "don't!"
Some men are like a church-organ -- you can play on them for a lifetime and always find new harmonies; others are like a music-box -- they have four or five thin jingles.
The milk of human kindness should be brought fresh to the table every morning.