A good and true woman is said to resemble a Cremona fiddle: age but increases its worth and sweetens its tone.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

Don't be consistent but be simple true.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

The Amen of nature is always a flower.

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

Knowledge like timber shouldn't be mush use till they are seasoned.

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of facts but learning how...

A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original...

A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance...

The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance...

In the past if you picture events like a black tie. What the last thing...

In the past if you picture events like a black tie. What the last thing...