Charles Dudley Warner

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. read more

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he read more

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.

Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - read more

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - My Summer in a Garden.

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. - My Summer in read more

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. - My Summer in a Garden.