Ella Wheeler Wilcox

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth read more

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the man worth while is the one who will smile
When everything does dead wrong;
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And it always comes with the years,
But the smile that is worth the praise of earth
Is the smile that comes through tears.
. . . .
But the virtue that conquers passion,
And the sorrow that hides in a smile--
It is these that are worth the homage of earth,
For we find them but once in a while.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.

The worlds best progrss springs.

The worlds best progrss springs.

There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.

There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.

One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of read more

One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way
they go.