A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.

A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.

Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you read more

Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.

He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord.

He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord.

Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.

Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today.

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is read more

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest. - The Books in My Life.

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

Zeal without knowledge is the sister of folly.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be read more

A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it.