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...

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in...

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.

A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.