Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; The only amaranthine flower on earth Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. Stillest streams Oft water greenest meadows; and the bird GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of the heart. To persevere in one's duty, and to be silent, is the best answer to calumny. JAMES BEATTIE (1735-1803) He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man. The aim of education should be rather to teach us how to think, than what to think. EDWARD GIBBON (1737-1794) I was never less alone than when by myself. All that is human must retrograde if it do not advance. THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809) Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us. S. DE BOUFLERS (1737-1815) If we are told a man is religious, we still ask what are his morals. THOMAS NELSON (1738-1789) Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it. Latin Proverb. J. C. LAVATER (1741-1801) Borrowed wit is the poorest wit. He who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to duty approaches sublimity. You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good. Actions, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell Character. ABBÉ RICARD (1741-1803) As rust eats iron, so care eats the heart. DR. JOHN WOLCOTT (1738-1819) Care to our coffin adds a nail, no doubt, KARL VON KNEBEL (1744–1834) He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it. BENJAMIN RUSH M.D. (1745-1813) The use of tobacco, more especially in smoking, disposes to idleness, and idleness has been considered as the root of all evil. HANNAH MORE (1745-1833) Wisdom views with an indifferent eye The great uses of study to a woman are to enable her to regulate her own mind, and be instrumental to the good of others. Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes. Adulation is the death of virtue. Who flatters is of all mankind the lowest, save he who courts the flattery. DR. JOHN AIKEN (1747-1822) The sunshine of life is made up of very little beams that are bright all the time. SIR RICHARD CECIL (1748-1810) The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. I have a shelf in my study for tried authors; one in my mind for tried principles; and one in my heart for tried friends. JONATHAN M. SEWALL (1748-1808) No pent-up Utica contracts your powers, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749-1832) Do the duty which lies nearest thee. Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together. He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. What we do not understand, we do not possess. It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself. It is delightful to transport one's self into the spirit of the past, to see how a wise man has thought before us. Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasures takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. All truly wise thoughts have been thought already, thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take firm root in our personal experience. No one ought to enjoy what is too good for him: he ought to make himself worthy of it, and rise to its level. Without earnestness there is nothing to be done in life. If you would create something, you must be something. JOSEPH JOUBERT (1754-1824) A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and unquestionable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence. When firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will. Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. It is not my periods that I polish, but my ideas. |