Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. As Collingwood never saw a vacant place in his estate but he took an acorn out of his pocket and planted it, so deal with your compliments through life. An acorn costs nothing, but it may spread into a prodigious timber.
William Makepeace ThackerayMalice is of the boomerang character, and is apt to turn upon the projector.
William Makepeace ThackerayTis not the dying for a faith that's so hard... 'Tis the living up to it that's difficult.
William Makepeace Thackeray