89 quotes found
“Colors speak all languages.”
“All of heaven we have below.”
“Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.”
“Arguments out of a petty mouth are unanswerable.”
“Charity is the perfection and ornament of religion.”
“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.”
“Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.”
“We all of us complain of the shortness of time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing ...”
“If you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.”
“There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.”
“The ways of heaven are dark and intricate;Puzzled in mazes, and perplext with errors.”
“There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.”
“What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.”
“... when I see kings lying by those who deposed them,... or holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, fact...”
“Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something...”
“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in proper figures.”
“The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the ...”
“To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.”
“Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating ...”
“Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.”
“Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.”
“True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.”
“The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.”
“A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.”
“Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.”
