The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

The trodden path is the safest.

The trodden path is the safest.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the read more

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, read more

It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true "gift" in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.