Why is youth so short and age so long?
Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.
Fame has only the span of the day, they say. But to live in the hearts of people-that is worth something.
Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.
Christianity has ever been the enemy of human love.
Charity is a flower not naturally of earthly growth, and it needs manuring with a promise of profit.