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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change read more
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.
Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate read more
Let this be understood, then, at starting; that the patient conquest of difficulties which rise in the regular and legitimate channels of business and enterprise is not only essential in securing the success which you seek but it is essential to that preparation of your mind, requisite for the enjoyment of your successes, and for retaining them when gained. So, day by day, and week by week; so month after month, and year after year, work on, and in that process gain strength and symmetry, and nerve and knowledge, that when success, patiently and bravely worked for, shall come, it may find you prepared to receive it and keep it,.
Patience permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord when we are tossed about by suffering as if read more
Patience permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord when we are tossed about by suffering as if by surf. When the undertow grasps us we will realize that we are somehow being carried forward even as we tumble. We are actually being -helped even as we cry for help.
People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, read more
People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they're all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
Listen. Don't explain or justify.
It is amazing at how small a price may the wedding ring be placed upon a worthless hand; but, by read more
It is amazing at how small a price may the wedding ring be placed upon a worthless hand; but, by the beauty of our law, what heaps of gold are indispensable to take it off!
Any boy can get a girl, it takes a man to keep one.
Any boy can get a girl, it takes a man to keep one.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.