Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It can be and is often treasured by the recipient for life.

One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.

Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.

Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.

Some people use half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.