Charles ReadeThinkers

Absence is like children, helpless to defend itself.

Absence is a weapon when used judiciously.

Advice is best when it is like a tight glove; fitting the circumstances, and not fitting other circumstances.

Art is not Imitation, but Illusion.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

Compromise is a swift wind that proves a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

Example is contagious behavior.

Necessity is the only successful adviser.

Prudence is not poverty; it is the thorny rood to wealth.

Sunday is the green oasis, the little grassy meadow in the wilderness, where, after the week-days’ journey, the pilgrim halts for refreshment and repose.

A Wife is essential to vast longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his ill-humor.