Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song, which had lost its way and come on Earth, and sang on undyingly, smiting the hearts of men with sweetest wounds, and putting for the while an angel's nature into us.
Copy QuoteIt is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
Copy Quote View & ShareDo not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
Copy Quote View & ShareCommitment means that it is possible for a man to yield the nerve center of his consent to a purpose or cause, a movement or an ideal, which may be more important to him than whether he lives or dies.
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