To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has…

Quote by Horace Walpole

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Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their...

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's...

Old friends are the great blessings of one's later years. Half a word conveys one's...

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a...

I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of...

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of...

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them:...

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them...

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in...

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over...

It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over...

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy...

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy...

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain...

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain...

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot...

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot...

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know;...

Promise little and do much

Promise little and do much

A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and...

A man's value to the community primarily depends on how far his feelings, thoughts, and...

The trick to getting things done is to list things to do in doable order.

The trick to getting things done is to list things to do in doable order.

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Peace, like charity, begins at home

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we...

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we...

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy

Do you think yourself wise? Then there's a donkey inside your waistcoat

Do you think yourself wise? Then there's a donkey inside your waistcoat