He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. read more

He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.

Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
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Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
The best I had, a princess wrought it me--
And I did never ask it you again;
And with my hand at midnight held your head,
And like the watchful minutes to the hour,
Still and anon cheered up the heavy time,
Saying, 'What lack you?' and 'Where lies your grief?'

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, read more

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses

Yet do I fear thy nature.
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
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Yet do I fear thy nature.
It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.

Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.