Charles Dudley Warner

"Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration. "

"I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. "

"It is one of those beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. "

"No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. "

"Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do but nearly every one who tries his power touches the walls of his being. "

"Regrets are idle yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. "

"The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. "