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There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there, but because they have no business.

A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

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.

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.