A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

Quote by Alexander Smith

Topics: Beginning Quotes

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's...

If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's...

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep...

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.