Top 380 Wisdom Quotes

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

For it is not death or hardship that is a fearful thing, but the fear of death and hardship.

A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.

A critic should be a pair of snuffers. He is oftener an extinguisher, and not seldom a thief.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.

Everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.