Wise or Otherwise Part 14

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.