Quotes 1841 till 1860 of 1869.
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Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.
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Empires built on force will always be destroyed. Those built on trust in Christ will remain.
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Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.
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Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
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Fidelity. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.
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He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.
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I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory.
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.
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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
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Learning hash gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
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Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost.
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My parents were exactly like millions of other Americans who had a fire in their belly to build something of their own, and in so doing they exemplified the dignity of work, the opportunity available in this great nation to those willing to work, and they left the world a bit better than it was when they first showed up.
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Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
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One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
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Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
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Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
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Shame on those breasts of stone that cannot melt in soft adoption of another's sorrow.
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The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough.
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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
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