To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says:”Leave no stone unturned.
He who studies old books will always find in them something new, and he who reads new books will always find in them something old.
Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.
My theory is that the Supernatural is the Impossible, and what is called the supernatural is only something in the laws of nature of which we have been hitherto ignorant.
We are not such fools as to pay for reading inferior books, when we can read superior books for nothing.
Genius does what it must talent does what it can.
Master books but do not let them master you. Read to live not live to read.
There is no man so friendless but what he can find a friend sincere enough to tell him disagreeable truths.
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm it moves stones it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
Strike from mankind the principle of faith and men would have no more history than a flock of sheep.
In life it is difficult to say who do you the most mischief enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.
The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life discerns his object and toward that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.
When a person is down in the world an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
Genius does what it must talent does what it can.
Genius does what it must talent does what it can.
Genius does what it must and talent does what it can.
Take in the ideas of the day drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow time enough to consider it when it becomes today.
The magic of the tongue is the most dangerous of all spells.
By degrees, the bitterness at my heart diffused itself to the circumference of the circle in which my life went its cheerless mechanical round.