(31 quotes found)
“He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.”
Arthur Helps
“Experience is the extract of suffering.”
“Vague injurious reports are no men's lies, but all men's carelesness.”
“The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice.”
“The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.”
“A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.”
“What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery of America”
“An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in the value of reports”
“Whose indomitable spirit changed the face of the earth for us”
“We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.”
