"A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles"
"Those who can command themselves command others"
"The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet"
"The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor"
"The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature"
"The most learned are often the most narrow minded"
"Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming"
"It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse"
"We never do anything well till we cease to think about the manner of doing it"
"To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead"
"To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind"
"Those who speak ill of the spiritual life, although they come and go by day, are like the smith's bellows: they take breath but are not alive"
"The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours"
"The public have neither shame or gratitude"
"The more we do, the more we can do"
"That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident"
"Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them"
"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater"
"If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory"
"Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul"
"Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use"
"Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse"
"There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it"
"There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man"
"The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings"
"Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own"
"A wise traveler never despises his own country"
"Learning is its own exceeding great reward"
"I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why"
"Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts"
"Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity"
"Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration"
"There are no rules for friendship. It must be left to itself. We cannot force it any more than love"
"The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings"
"The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much"
"Some one is generally sure to be the sufferer by a joke"
"Reflection makes men cowards"
"It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else"
"A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we do not believe in it, it still haunts our apprehensions"
"A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could"
"We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts"
"Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do"
"No truly great person ever thought themselves so"
