Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.
The believer who has never doubted will hardly convert a doubter.
Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.
The poor never estimate as a virtue the generosity of the rich.
With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.
Wit is an intermittent fountain; kindness is a perennial spring.