A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

Quote by Alexander Smith

Topics: Memory Quotes, Possessions Quotes, Poverty Quotes, Richness Quotes

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

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.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

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

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

Everything is sweetened by risk.

Everything is sweetened by risk.

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...

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

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

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

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 world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

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.