The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.
- Charles Buxton
Never, Knife, Cut, Carving
Success soon palls. The joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows.
- Charles Buxton
Sails, Breeze, Waters, Bows
The first duty to children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
- Charles Buxton
Other, Made, May, Wronged
If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.
- Charles Buxton
Favor, Necessary, Our, Odds
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.
- Charles Buxton
Life, Chess, Wins, Forethought
Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.
- Charles Buxton
Success Is, Shows, Due, Ability
To make pleasures pleasant shortens them.
- Charles Buxton
Them, Pleasant, Make, Pleasures
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
- Charles Buxton
Silence, Sometimes, Criticism
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