Proverbs 31:26

"Who has not marked the mild and blessed influence of her on whose tongue is the law of kindness? It is to such a woman that the little child comes for direction. It is to such that the sufferer tells his tale of sorrow, in full certainty of that ready sympathy which can do so much to lessen it; and whether the tale be that of bodily pain, or of the deeper woe of mental emotion; whether it be of the convinced spirit straggling with a sense of sin, and with only a vague idea of the possibility of pardon, or perhaps no idea at all; or whether it be some temporary cause of depression, some worldly loss, or some unexpected unkindness, - yet all may be soothed by the gentle accents of compassion and tenderness." What a convicting quote by Anne Pratt written in the mid 1800's in her book, The Excellent Woman.