“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“Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.”
Wisdom“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“There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.”
Religion“To dare to live alone is the rarest courage since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.”
Alone“In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it.”
Politics“Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.”
Change“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“Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.”
Best“There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.”
Best“Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength.”
Patience“Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.”
Wisdom“True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”
Friendship“The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.”
Society“Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.”
Men“Of present fame think little, and of future less the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.”
Future“Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.”
Best“Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship - never.”
Friendship“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“The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.”
Age“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