General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
the temperaments of children are often as oddly unsuited to parents as if capricious fairies had been filling cradles with changelings.