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- It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by them. And this is not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.
- Sir Arthur Helps
- We ought not to judge of men's merits by their qualifications, but by the use they make of them.
- Richard Cecil
- They think too little who talk too much.
- John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
- In all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart.
- Henry Clay (1777 - 1852)
- See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- When griping grief the heart doth wound,
and doleful dumps the mind opresses,
then music, with her silver sound,
with speedy help doth lend redress. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- In everything one must consider the end.
- Jean De la Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
- Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. - Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- That action is best which procures the greatest happiness.
- Francis Hutcheson
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