How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.

How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art read more

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that
life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?

If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is.

Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.

Memory moderates prosperity, decreases adversity, controls youth and delights old age.

He who lets time rule him will live the life of a slave.

He who lets time rule him will live the life of a slave.

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow read more

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely
into life and manners, and thereby to read more

I would advise him who wishes to imitate well, to look closely
into life and manners, and thereby to learn to express them with
truth.
[Lat., Respicere exemplar vitae morumque jubebo
Doctum imitatorem, et veras hinc ducere voces.]