Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him.
Strange – is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.
You know about a person who deeply interests you more than you can be told. A look, a gesture, an act, which to everybody else is insignificant tells you more about that one than words can.
The knowledge of an unlearned man is living and luxuriant like a forest, but covered with mosses and lichens and for the most part inaccessible and going to waste; the knowledge of the man of science is like timber collected in yards for public works, which still supports a green sprout here and there, but even this is liable to dry rot.
Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.
Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It’s like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won’t fatten the dog.
It’s your life-but only if you make it so.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.
Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.
Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.
Our best thoughts come from others.
Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.
We must not inquire too curiously into motives… They are apt to become feeble in the utterance: the aroma is mixed with the grosser air. We must keep the germinating grain away from the light.
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
Friendship is the next Pleasure we may hope for: And where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an Union of Spirits, a Marriage of Hearts, and the Bond thereof Vertue.
There are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven’t started wondering about yet.
None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm
