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

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.

He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty saying are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a great deal more easily than he can other people.

Many writers profess great exactness in punctuation who never yet made a point.

Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.