A winged Cupid without a feather can soar higher than the pinioned
eagle.
* * * * *
He who seeks for spiritual rest in dogma will find only a bottomless
pit.
* * * * *
A wish from the heart travels beyond the blare of the loudest trumpet.
* * * * *
It is better to lavish your affections upon a faithful dog than upon an
unfaithful friend.
* * * * *
The poor man craves for bread--not logic.
* * * * *
A woman without love is a tree without sap.
* * * * *
The plutocrats, like the Catholics, thrive on curses.
* * * * *
Good advice is an atom; good deeds the universe.
* * * * *
The beautiful seraph makes the most dangerous fiend.
* * * * *
The ghost of poverty is more dreadful than poverty itself.
* * * * *
A religion of details is a fruit tree which produces only blossoms.
* * * * *
Each grain in the universe is a unit, remove but one and chaos will
follow.
* * * * *
Hills sunlit with promise are easier to traverse than the level road
upon which hope died.
* * * * *
It is as easy for the poor man to pluck money from the rich as for the
missionary to pick the pocket's of a naked savage.
* * * * *
A tainted heart soils the sweetest lip.
* * * * *
Exchange the virus of hate for the antidote, love.
* * * * *
A woman prefers a fervent lover to a cold husband.
* * * * *
A fickle woman may conquer the most constant soldier.
* * * * *
The begrimed soul cannot be hidden with a white-wash brush.
* * * * *
Our efforts should be to harmonize, not simply to change.
* * * * *
The most precious gem is found in the most worthless sand.
* * * * *
The Senate joined to the Commons is an impotent man wedded to a vigorous
maid.
* * * * *
The bombastic egotist floats on the crest of prosperity while the
philosopher starves in his tub.
* * * * *
The priest counsels men in the sterile present to feed upon a pregnant
future. Tomorrows dinner never yet fed a hungry man.
* * * * *
All the good in a human heart can never die.
* * * * *
You cannot denude a woman of her masked thoughts.
* * * * *
Diplomacy is cultivated in men and bred in women.
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