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Man cannot really improve himself without improving others.
The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.
There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.
I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.
Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.
We never tire of the friendships we form with books.
Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.
The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour.
A very little key will open a very heavy door.
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.
A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.
The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.