To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread. happiness
The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later. age
True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. friendship & health
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. best
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. men & time
Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength. patience & strength
Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. men
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. religion
War kills men, and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. war
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity. friendship
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. fear
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion. religion
No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health. health
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. wisdom
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. wisdom
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary. success
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. best
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. men
Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship - never. friendship & love
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. truth
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. men
If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself all that runs over will be yours. love
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. happiness
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others. truth
We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. knowledge
Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. knowledge
Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture. success
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are. alone & education
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. marriage
That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. knowledge