William R. Alger

With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a read more

With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me read more

A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me thy eye,--
Ah, how its wavelets drown one!
A blue eye is a true eye;
Mysterious is a dark one,
Which flashes like a spark-sun!
A black eye is the best one.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.