“It becomes still more difficult to find Words at once true and kind, Or not untrue and not unkind.”
“Good words are more difficult to find than emeralds.”
“If you find yourself in a room full of unkind and stingy looks and words, leave at once and search for a smart room -- that's where thoughtful and generous people gather.”
“A will to be unkind is like a sickness. It can be healed or driven out. But to be unkind because you are thoughtless is the worst kind of blindness: difficult to cure, because you cannot see the fault even as you commit it.”
“I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deedsWith coldness still returning;Alas! the gratitude of menHas oftener left me mourning.”
“Words and Heart must be handled with care, because words once spoken and heart once broken are difficult to repair.”