A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it they...
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them is perhaps the highest...
An honest man speaks the truth though it may give offence a vain man in...
There are few things in which we deceive ourselves more than in the esteem we...
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and...
A wise traveler never despises his own country.
It is not fit that every man should travel it makes a wise man better and a...
Prosperity is a great teacher adversity a greater.
The world judge of men by their ability in their profession and we judge of...
A gentle word a kind look a good-natured smile can work wonders and...
There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may...
A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives but has no respect for himself....
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their...
The incentive to ambition is the love of power.
The love of liberty is the love of others the love of power is the love of...
Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.
Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and...
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.
We do not see nature with our eyes but with our understandings and our hearts.
Learning is its own exceeding great reward.
If we wish to know the force of human genius we should read Shakespeare. If...
Zeal will do more than knowledge.
The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom in the heart. We are sure to...
