Will Christian
Will Christian
tears departure noise
The activity of the young is like that of railcars in motion--they tear along with noise and turmoil, and leave peace behind them. The quietest nooks, invaded by them, lose their quietude as they pass, and recover it only on their departure.
women addresses compliment
The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such.
dishes wit seasoning
Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself.
sorrow misery sorrowful
Sorrow is never more sorrowful than when it jests at its own misery.
travel cities sight
New situations inspire new thoughts. Here is the benefit of travelling, much more than in mere sight-seeing. We lose ourselves in the streets of our own city, and go abroad to find ourselves.
strong party yield
In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong.
littles too-much riches
The use we make of our fortune determines its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely, and too much if expended foolishly.
strong purpose facts
A strong will deals with the hard facts of life as a sculptor with his marbles, making them facile and yielding to his purposes, and conquering their stubbornness by a greater stubbornness in himself.
independent sometimes reason
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
retreat advantage wit
Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.
work dreamer realization
The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
society ingredients company
It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
names self consciousness
Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
resources thrown
It is seldom that we find out how great are our resources until we are thrown upon them.