Our first and last love is self-love. Votes: 30
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. Votes: 16
Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds. Votes: 4
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. Votes: 0
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it. Votes: 0
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done. Votes: 0
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly. Votes: 0
A great destiny needs a generous diet.... What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni! Votes: 0
It is not the number of facts he knows, but how much of a fact he is himself, that proves the man. Votes: 0
A peculiar work in any art must not be too hastily judged. New styles have to create new tastes. Votes: 0
It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character. Votes: 0
It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away. Votes: 0
If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one. Votes: 0
There are none so low but they have their triumphs. Small successes suffice for small souls. Votes: 0
To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred. Votes: 0
The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit. Votes: 0
Fortune, like a coy mistress, loves to yield her favors, though she makes us wrest them from her. Votes: 0
The best evidence of merit is a cordial recognition of it whenever and wherever it may be found. Votes: 0
Winter is the night of vegetation. Votes: 0
Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,--like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is. Votes: 0
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ. Votes: 0
Few minds wear out; more rust out. Votes: 0
Hope is the best part of our riches. Votes: 0
Books are embalmed minds. Votes: 0
The light in the world comes principally from two sources,-the sun, and the student's lamp. Votes: 0