A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone read more

A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of power and wisdom. Merry Browne -Marjorie Holmes.

Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.

Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.

How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a read more

How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but read more

The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.

Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out.

Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out.

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old read more

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.