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A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may beco...  
A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicin...  
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only e...  
A woman never forgets her sex. She would rather talk with a man than a...  
A woman's life is a history of the affections.  
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.  
Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never...  
Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.  
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heav...  
Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the...  
Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.  
I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.  
It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits ...  
It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the...  
Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.  
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise...  
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften ...  
Marriage is the torment of one, the felicity of two, the strife and en...  
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little.  
One of the greatest and simplest tools for learning more and growing i...  
Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do, if it w...  
Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but th...  
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every ...  
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged to...  
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by...  
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection...  
The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate th...  
The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with ...  
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be ...  
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.  
There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to wor...   Change
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads co...  
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but...  
There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters ...  
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which ...  
There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies do...  
There is never jealousy where there is not strong regard.  
They who drink beer will think beer.  
Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who a...  
Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbu...  
Young lawyers attend the courts, not because they have business there,...  
Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; a mother's se...