“An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.”
Life“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
Good“An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.”
Life“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”
Courage“In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.”
Marriage“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”
Travel“It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.”
Gardening“There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.”
Good“Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.”
Politics“Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.”
Good“The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.”
Good“Marriage is like life - it is a field of battle, not a bed of roses.”
Marriage“Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.”
Marriage“Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.”
Age“Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.”
Inspirational“Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.”
Life“Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.”
Alone“There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.”
Good“The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.”
Love“There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.”
Change“The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.”
Truth“It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.”
Love