“The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.”
Best“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
Religion“The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles.”
Best“Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.”
Great“I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.”
Good“All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.”
Wisdom“Dreams are the touchstones of our character.”
Dreams“Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.”
Business“'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.”
Health“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
Life“They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar.”
Architecture“Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?”
Great“The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.”
Truth“Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams.”
Dreams“There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.”
Alone“Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?”
Life“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
Religion“Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something.”
Good“The man who goes alone can start today but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.”
Alone“Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.”
Good“Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.”
Nature“The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.”
Friendship