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A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
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One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.
He who would greatly deserve must greatly dare.
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart
Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.
There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.
He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most explicit and direct manner. He tries to compress as much thought as possible into a few words. On the contrary, the man who talks everlastingly and promiscuously, who seems to have an exhaustless magazine of sound, crowds so many words into his thoughts that he always obscures, and very frequently conceals them.
