Grumbling, as things are at present arranged in this world, does not always, nor I might say often, do good.

Grumbling, as things are at present arranged in this world, does not always, nor I might say often, do good.

Do any of us understand ourselves? all the different selves that each of us is?

Don't raise your expectations too high. It's the surest way of being disappointed.

Troubles never come singly.

kindnesses have wings and roots ... wings that never droop, and roots that never die.