'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a
shirt on his back.

Like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a
shirt on his back.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
Und nicht die read more

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.
[Ger., Denn der Wille
Und nicht die Gabe macht den Geber.]

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more

He ne'er consider'd it as loth
To look a gift-horse in the mouth,
And very wisely would read more

He ne'er consider'd it as loth
To look a gift-horse in the mouth,
And very wisely would lay forth
No more upon it than 'twas worth;
But as he got it freely, so
He spent it frank and freely too:
For saints themselves will sometimes be,
Of gifts that cost them nothing, free.

Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love read more

Love. What is love? No word can define it, it's something so great, only God could design it. Yes, love is beyond, what man can define, for love is immortal, and God's gift is divine.

Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package

Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package

I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter.
[Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,
Die read more

I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter.
[Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,
Die Tochter denk' ich.]

A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

A gift blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.