Resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our estimation.
When a man turns a blessing from his door, it falls to them as take it in.
Reflect upon your present blessings – of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.
Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.[Toda bênção que não é aceita, transforma-se numa maldição.]
Blessed are the forgetful: for they “get the better” even of their blunders.[Selig sind die Vergesslichen: denn sie werden auch mit ihren Dummheiten “fertig.”]
“Blessings be on this house,” Granny said, perfunctorily. It was always a good opening remark for a witch. It concentrated people’s minds on what other things might be on this house.
