There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth. Votes: 6
Laws die, books never. Votes: 6
We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows. Votes: 3
A man of genius is inexhaustible only in proportion as he is always renourishing his genius. Votes: 2
In the lexicon of youth which fate reserves for a bright manhood, there is no such word as fail. Votes: 0
He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite. Votes: 0
Fate laughs at probabilities. Votes: 0
We love the beautiful and serene, but we have a feeling as deep as love for the terrible and dark. Votes: 0
Fate whirls on the bark, and the rough gale sweeps from the rising tide the lazy calm of thought. Votes: 0
What's money without happiness? Votes: 0
A woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles. Votes: 0
The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure. Votes: 0
The affections are immortal! They are the sympathies which unite the ceaseless generations. Votes: 0
Bright and illustrious illusions! Votes: 0
Genius has no brother. Votes: 0
Read to live, not live to read. Votes: 0
Business first, then pleasure. Votes: 0
Poverty has strange bedfellows. Votes: 0
The fewer blows, the better. Brave men fight if they must; wise men never fight if they can help it. Votes: 0
A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Votes: 0
Success never needs an excuse. Votes: 0
There is no society, however free and democratic, where wealth will not create an aristocracy. Votes: 0
There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home. Votes: 0
O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility. Votes: 0
The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it Votes: 0
Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius. Votes: 0
Nothing ages like laziness. Votes: 0
Ambition has no rest. Votes: 0
Expression is the mystery of beauty. Votes: 0
Rank is a great beautifier. Votes: 0
What is human is immortal! Votes: 0
You speak As one who fed on poetry. Votes: 0
At court one becomes a sort of human ant eater, and learns to catch one's prey by one's tongue. Votes: 0
A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. Votes: 0
Law dies, books never. Votes: 0
Nothing so good as a university education, nor worse than a university without its education. Votes: 0
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge. Votes: 0
Women love energy and grand results. Votes: 0
The heart of a girl is like a convent--the holier the cloister, the more charitable the door. Votes: 0
The curse of the great is ennui. Votes: 0