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"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love."
"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."
"Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart."
"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."
"I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!"
"A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."
"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."
"Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart."
"There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power."
"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."
"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."
"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."
"History fades into fable; fact becomes clouded with doubt and controversy; the inscription molders from the tablet: the statue falls from the pedestal. Columns, arches, pyramids, what are they but heaps of sand; and their epitaphs, but characters written in the dust?"
"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."
"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them."
"The love of a mother is never exhausted. It never changes - it never tires - it endures through all; in good repute, in bad repute. In the face of the world's condemnation, a mother's love still lives on."
"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."
"There is an enduring tenderness in the love of a mother to a son that trancends all other affections of the heart"
"One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing is doing more."
"A mother is the truest friend we have when trials, heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity."