Posted by Jeri on October 11, 2000 at 11:41:09:
'Kind words can never be spoken in vain; they are like balm to the weary heart, and are sweeter than the perfume of flowers. If they should, perchance, fall unheeded on the ear, they still do a vast amount of good to the one who speaks them.'
The Old Farmer's Almanac, 1892