What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery of America

Quote by Arthur Helps

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Blessings Quotes, Discovery Quotes

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it...

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the...

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the...

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by...

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by...

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.