All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a
merry heart hath a continual read more

All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a
merry heart hath a continual feast.

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts read more

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

It snows at sea.. quiet.... falls in flakes * melting designs**
leave form for All.

It snows at sea.. quiet.... falls in flakes * melting designs**
leave form for All.

No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on
this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another read more

No sensible man (among the many things that have been written on
this kind) ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his
mind.
[Lat., Nemo doctus unquam (multa autem de hoc genere scripta
sunt) mutationem consili inconstantiam dixit esse.]

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it read more

If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss read more

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

My favoured temple is in an humble heart.

My favoured temple is in an humble heart.