There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test read more

Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the read more

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the second, "For my best friend.".

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over read more

The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul."

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.

Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world.

Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world.

To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.

To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!

Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.

Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.