“Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.”
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Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No - no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears.
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.
A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
