Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
—Common Proverb
The garden is the poor man’s apothecary.
—Indian Proverb
Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas: I wish, however, that the instrument might be less apt to decay, and that signs might be permanent, like the things they denote.
—Samuel Johnson (1709–84) British Essayist
Never make a companion equal to a brother.
—Hesiod (f.700 BCE) Greek Poet
History must be written of, by and for the survivors.
—Unknown
Love rules without rules.
—Italian Proverb
Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.
—Indian Proverb
Life in abundance comes only through great love.
—Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher
Children have but little charity for one another’s defects
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.
—Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist
Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.
—Aldo Leopold (1887–1948) American Ecologist, Conservationist
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist
The play was a great success, but the audience was a disaster.
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish Poet, Playwright
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
—Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) English Political Philosopher
God made only water, but man made wine.
—Victor Hugo (1802–85) French Novelist
Change yourself and your work will seem different.
—Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American Clergyman, Self-Help Author
He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
The flavor of wine is like delicate poetry
—Louis Pasteur (1822–95) French Biologist
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
—Unknown
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.—The charlatan is verbose and assumptive; the Pharisee is ostentatious, because he is a hypocrite.—Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.
—Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814–80) American Preacher, Poet
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
—Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist
Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.
—Thomas Merton (1915–68) American Trappist Monk
Laughter is the brush that sweeps away the cobwebs of the heart.
—Mort Walker (b.1923) American Comic Artist, Cartoonist
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator