Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.