Things are only worth what you make them worth.
There is no reward so delightful, no pleasure so exquisite, as having one's work known and acclaimed by those whose applause confers honor.
She is laughing up her sleeve at you.
Of all follies there is none greater than wanting to make the world a better place.
How easily a fathers tenderness is recalled, and how quickly a son's offenses vanish at the slightest word of repentance!
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.