If It Were Not For

A Woman Has Two Smiles That An Angel Might Envy, The Smile That Accepts The Lover Afore Words Are Uttered, And The Smile That Lights On The First-born Baby, And Assures Him Of A Mother's Love.

Some People Have A Perfect Genius For Doing Nothing, And Doing It Assiduously.

Hope Is A Pleasant Acquaintance, But An Unsafe Friend, Not The Man For Your Banker, Though He May Do For A Traveling Companion.

Failures To Heroic Minds Are The Stepping Stones To Success.

Coerced Innocence Is Like An Imprisoned Lark,--open The Door, And It Is Off Forever. The Bird That Roams Through The Sky And The Groves Unrestrained Knows How To Dodge The Hawk And Protect Itself; But The Caged One, The Moment It Leaves Its Bars And Bolts Behind, Is Pounced Upon By The Fowler Or The Vulture.