Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths.
In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns.
How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today.
One of the advantages of being a ‘reasonable creature’ is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.
La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.
It is a strange anomaly that men could be careful to insure their houses, their ships, their merchandise, and yet neglect to insure their lives – surely the most important of all to their families, and more subject to loss.
Great hopes make everything great possible.
A word to the wise is enough, and many words won’t fill a bushel.
Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
The height of foolishness is to discard an opportunity without full investigation.
Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.
Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge.
Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.
There are three types of people in the world: Those who are immovable, people who don’t get it, or don’t want to do anything about it; there are people who are movable, people who see the need for change and are prepared to listen to it; and there are people who move, people who make things happen.
Where there’s no law, there’s no bread.
Avarice and Happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted?
Take time for all things.
Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.
Interest which blinds some People, enlightens others.
Where liberty is, there is my country.