Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door |
He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error |
He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error |
He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today. |
He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow |
Hell is truth seen too late - duty neglected in its season |
High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds. |
If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others. |
Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions. |
Most of the censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker |
Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain |
Never be so brief as to become obscure. |
One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: Do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call. |
People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves. |
Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic |