“It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.”
Good“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”
Beauty“It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.”
Good“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.”
Best“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“Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.”
Good“Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.”
Courage“The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.”
Good“All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.”
Good“Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.”
Wisdom“It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.”
Gardening“If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.”
Success“The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy.”
Truth“The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.”
Money“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.”
Travel“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“Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.”
Courage“The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant and pregnant texture: that is style, that is the foundation of the art of literature.”
Art“Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.”
Good“Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.”
Life“I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made a cathedral.”
Great“In marriage, a man becomes slack and selfish, and undergoes a fatty degeneration of his moral being.”
Marriage