Random Quotes
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That action is best which procures the greatest happiness.Francis Hutcheson
Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.Samuel Johnson
In everything one must consider the end.Jean De la Fontaine
No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue.Sir Philip Sidney
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
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.Andre Gide
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
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
They think to little who talk to much.John Dryden