Maxioms by Robert Hall
Call things by their right names . . . Glass of brandy and water!
That is the current, but read more
Call things by their right names . . . Glass of brandy and water!
That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a
glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.
In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.
In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate read more
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation.
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value read more
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.