Quotes to inspire and reflect

Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like.

I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.

All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.

Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.

We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.

What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.

We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

Deep-seated are the wounds dealt in civil brawls.

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

No one can wear a mask for very long.

It should be our care not so much to live a long life as a satisfactory one.

Many things have fallen only to rise higher.

It is rash to condemn where you are ignorant.

It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.

It is pleasant at times to play the madman.

It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.

It is a denial of justice not to stretch out a helping hand to the fallen; that is the common right of humanity.

If virtue precede us every step will be safe.

In a false quarrel there is no true velour.

He will live ill who does not know how to die well.

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

The argument is at an end.

Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicate ways, improve yourself.

Frisbee Arianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.

Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore, avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security, he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper. Dr.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish.

The most important thing in life is to see to it that you are never beaten.

Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.