The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is. |
The want of money is the root of all evil. |
The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence |
The world is a gambling table so arranged that all who enter the casino must play and all must lose more or less heavily in the long run, though they win occasionally by the way |
The world will only, in the end, follow those who have despised as well as served it. |
The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation |
The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. |
Theist and atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name |
Then he saw also that it matters little what profession, whether of religion or irreligion, a man may make, provided only he follows it out with charitable inconsistency, and without insisting on it to the bitter end. It is in the uncompromisingness |
Then spare the rod and spoil the child. |
There are more fools than knaves in the world, else the knaves would not have enough to live upon. |
There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less of an exception to the rule. |
There is a photographer in every bush, going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour |
There is but one step from the Academy to the Fad. |
There is no mistake so great as that of being always right |