312 quotes found
“Most persons have died before they expired - died to all earthly longings so that the last breath is only as it were the locking of the door of the already deserted mansion.”
“Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.”
“When in doubt do it.”
“The life of the law has not been logic it has been experience.”
“Faith as an intellectual state is self-reliance.”
“The man who thinks his wife his baby his house his horse his dog and himself severely unequalled is almost sure to be a good-humored person.”
“Except in cases of necessity which are rare leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies they are ready enough to tell him.”
“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of we have a special face for each friend.”
“Share the passion and action of your time at peril of being judged not to have lived.”
“Life is an end in itself and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.”
“One unquestioned text we read All doubt beyond all fear above Nor crackling pile nor cursing creed Can burn or blot it: God is Love.”
“Life is a romantic business but you have to make the romance.”
“Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.”
“A man is a kind of inverted thermometer the bulb uppermost and the column of self-valuation is all the time going up and down.”
“Youth fades love droops the leaves of friendship fall A mother's secret hope outlives them all.”
“A weak mind does not accumulate force enough to hurt itself stupidity often saves a man from going mad.”
“Systems die instincts remain.”
“This is a court of law young man not a court of justice.”
“Life is action and passion therefore it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of the time at peril of being judged not to have lived.”
“Life is painting a picture not doing a sum.”
