Those who have lost an infant are never, in a way, without an infant.
Night's deepest gloom is but a calm; that soothes the weary mind: the labored days restoring balm; the comfort of mankind.
If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating.
It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old.
Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears.
The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.
