Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, morose, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as they ought to be used.—Pascal.
To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.—Johnson.
To remind a man of a kindness conferred is little less than a reproach.—Demosthenes.
Kindness is the only charm permitted to the aged; it is the coquetry of white hair.—O. Feuillet.
Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow from them.—Mme. de Staël.
Kings.—Kings wish to be absolute, and they are sometimes told that their best way to become so is to make themselves beloved by the people. This maxim is doubtless a very admirable one, and in some respects true; but unhappily it is laughed at in court.—Rousseau.
Implements of war and subjugation are the last arguments to which kings resort.—Patrick Henry.
A king ought not fall from the throne except with the throne itself; under its lofty ruins he alone finds an honored death and an honored tomb.—Alfieri.
One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings is, that nature disapproves it; otherwise she would not so frequently turn it into ridicule by giving mankind an ass in place of a lion.—Thomas Paine.
He on whom Heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.—Corneille.