Great Throughts Treasury

"A life of shame is shame for noble souls."

"A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind."

"Count no moral happy till he has passed the final limit of his life secure from pain."

"I see that everywhere among the race of men it is the tongue that wins and not the deed."

"In knowing nothing is the sweetest life."

"In silence many virtues lie."

"It is not easy matter to discern the temper of a man, his mind and will, till he be proved by exercise of power."

"Heaven never helps the man who will not act."

"Gain is pleasant though it be full of lies."

"It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good."

"Kindness begets kindness."

"Much wisdom often goes with fewest words."

"No man delights in the bearer of bad news."

"No enemy is worse than bad advice."

"One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession."

"Never yet has a sinner escaped punishment."

"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud."

"Stubbornness and stupidity are twins."

"There is a point at which even justice does injury."

"There is no witness so terrible - no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us."

"Success, remember, is the reward of toil."

"Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life."

"Everything is dear to its parent."

"Time is the only test of honest men, one day is spaced enough to know a rogue."

"A lie never lives to be old."

"Chance never helps those who do not help themselves."

"As God disposes man laughs or weeps."

"To argue with a fool befits not a wise man."

"A short saying oft contains much wisdom."

"To be doing good is man's most glorious task."

"Best live a careless life from hand to mouth."

"Of evils current upon earth, the worst is money. It is money that sacks cities, and drives men forth from hearth and home; warps and seduces native innocence, and breeds a habit of dishonesty."

"Laws can never be enforced unless fear supports them."

"Nobody loves life like him who is growing old."

"Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor."

"Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way."

"The tongue is sharper than the sword's edge."

"Not by words would I make my life famous, but by deeds."

"Men of mean judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their grasp, till they have lost it."

"There are times when even justice brings harm with it."

"The truth is ever best."

"Who befriends his neighbor befriends himself."

"When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse."

"Without labor nothing prospers."

"One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it you have no certainty, until you try."

"Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected."

"Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one can, unthinkingly."

"Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness."

"One word frees us all of the weight and pain of life. That word is Love."

"Nobody likes the bringer of bad news."