A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton.
“Love thou the rose, yet leave it on its stem.”
“If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.”
“Talent does what it can genius does what it must. ”
“The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.”
“Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.”
“If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.”
“Wise are my ways witty my actions”
“I believe in only one thing,the power of human will.”
“Things can turn out differently, Apollo. That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be.”
“When man will return to nature, nature will return to him.”
“The sky is an enormous man.”
“When the full-grown poet came,Out spake pleased Nature (the round impassive globe, with all its shows of day and night,) saying, He is mine;But out spake too the Soul of man, proud, jealous and unr...”
“I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool.”
“She doesn't need your money. Even a penniless fool like you can make her fall in love with you. That's just miracle.”
“And the world re-ordered itself around me. I spoke each word carefully. 'You are so stupid.”