A proud man never shows his pride so much as when he is civil.
—George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick (British Nobleman)
Nature is always lovely, invincible, glad, whatever is done and suffered by her creatures. All scars she heals, whether in rocks or water or sky or hearts.
—John Muir (American Naturalist)
Did a woman ever love who would not give all the years of tasteless serenity for one year, for one month, for one day of uncalculating delirium of love poured out upon the man who returned it.
—Charles Dudley Warner (American Essayist)
When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
—Publilius Syrus (Syrian-born Latin Writer)
If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (Polish Aphorist, Poet)
The devil is God’s ape!
—Martin Luther (German Protestant Theologian)
The Bible rose to the place it now occupies because it deserved to rise to that place, and not because God sent anybody with a box of tricks to prove its divine authority.
—Bruce Fairchild Barton (American Advertising Executive)
In all climates, under all skies, man’s happiness is always somewhere else.
—Giacomo Leopardi (Italian Poet)
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (American Humorist)
To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
—Laozi (Chinese Philosopher)