312 quotes found
“Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.”
“Have the courage to act instead of react.”
“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - ...”
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”
“If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.”
“The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.”
“Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.”
“Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.”
“Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.”
“But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.”
“Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact an...”
“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.”
“Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays the pleasing game of interchanging praise.”
“A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.”
“It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.”
“A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.”
“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
“Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.”
“Men do not quit playing because they grow old they grow old because they quit playing. ”
“Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.”
