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Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to
treat you.
Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to
treat you.
The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to
himself.
The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to
himself.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said read more
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American.
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,
such enchanted musical instruments as the read more
How is it possible that a being with such sensitive jewels as the eyes,
such enchanted musical instruments as the ears, and such fabulous
arabesque of nerves as the brain can experience itself anything less than
a god.
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry read more
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled read more
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
