Age does not matter if the matter does not age. |
Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years. |
You prove your worth with your actions, not with your mouth. |
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. |
The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven. |
There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. |
For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted. |
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. |
The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. |
Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows. |
Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time. |
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. |
We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection. |
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s. |
Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it. |
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe. |
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. |
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. |
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm. |
There is a joy in sorrow which none but a mourner can know. |