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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
No padlocks, bolts, or bars can secure a maiden better than her own reserve.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste read more
For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture.
A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone read more
A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of power and wisdom. Merry Browne -Marjorie Holmes.
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain
Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he read more
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
