“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
Nature“Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.”
History“Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.”
Nature“Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.”
Art“Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think.”
Art“The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.”
Medical“Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.”
Death“Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.”
Death“With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.”
Great“Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.”
Alone“Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.”
Freedom“As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.”
Knowledge“Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.”
Famous“Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.”
History“It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals his character.”
Best“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.”
Truth“Talent hits a target no one else can hit Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
Intelligence“There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.”
Age“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.”
Alone“Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.”
Great“Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted on us by the arbitrary will of another.”
Nature“Hatred is an affair of the heart contempt that of the head.”
Anger