One uncongenial guest can ruin a dinner more easily than a poor salad, and that is saying a great deal.
The body grows by food and work, the mind by use, and the soul through joy and pain.
There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.
How strange it is that life must be nearly over, before one fully learns to live!
When you borrow trouble you give your peace of mind as security.
Gossip is the social mosquito.