Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

Topics: Evening Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Beware so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance

Beware so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

All power is a compound of time and patience

All power is a compound of time and patience

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something....

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something....

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.