Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys. – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. – William Shakespeare
To err is human; to forgive divine. – Alexander Pope
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. – Plato
The poetry of the earth is never dead. – John Keats
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body. – William Shakespeare
Scratching is one of nature’s sweetest gratifications, and the nearest at hand. – Michel de Montaigne, French essayist.
Don’t let schooling interfere with your education. – Mark Twain
One must be poor to know the luxury of giving! – George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Character, in great and little things, means carrying through on what you feel able to do. – Johann Goethe
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies. – John Donne
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. – Buddha
Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? – George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld