For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much — if he lives and uses that in hand day by day — shall be full to running over. – Edgar Cayce
There is so much good in the worst of us, And so much bad in the best of us, That it ill behooves any of us, To say anything about the rest of us. – Anon.
Methinks it is a token of healthy and gentle characteristics, when women of high thoughts and accomplishments love to sew; especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than while so occupied. – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, 1859