Henry Dyke
Henry Dyke
agreeable best greatest nor rivers
It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the most agreeable nor the best to live with
tact unsaid
Tact is the unsaid part of what you think; it's opposite, the unthought part of which you say
birds except sang silent talents woods
Use the talents you possess, for the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except the best.
absolutely anybody bad believe god good gossip listening ought positively rules unless written
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart; never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; and never to tell that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening while you tell it.