Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that read more

Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.

The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in read more

The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his read more

I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Wise people always think wisely and never otherwise !.

Wise people always think wisely and never otherwise !.

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "Shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some read more

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, "Shake well before using." That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable.

Thought is the labour of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

Thought is the labour of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.