5 quotes
Charity, in whatever guise she appears, is the best-natured and the best-complexioned thing in the world.
Stray Leaves of Literature (1888)
Character is the governing element in life, and is above genius.
Stray Leaves of Literature (1888)
Kind words are benedictions. They are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the speaker and hearer of them.
Stray Leaves of Literature (1888)
Faces are as legible as books, with this difference in their favor, that they may be perused in much less time than printed pages, and are less liable to be misunderstood.
Stray Leaves of Literature (1888)
Whatever of goodness emanates from the soul, gathers its soft halo in the eyes; and if the heart be a lurking-place of crime, the eyes are sure to betray the secret. A beautiful eye makes silence eloquent, a kind eye makes contradiction assent, an enraged eye makes beauty a deformity; so you see, forsooth, the little organ plays no inconsiderable, if not a dominant, part.
Stray Leaves of Literature (1888)