English Quotes

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge.

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they had to be wound up again in order to renew the motion of the paddle.

Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.

It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.

Believing that the power to destroy belongs to the Creator alone I affirm... that any theory which, when carried out, demands the annihilation of force, is necessarily erroneous.

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

Neither do thou lust after that tawny weed tobacco.

Let them call it mischief: When it is past and prospered t'will be virtue.

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

I do honour the very flea of his dog.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

He threatens many that hath injured one.

Fortune, that favors fools.

Art hath an enemy called Ignorance.

Apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.

And though thou hadst small Latin, and less Greek.

Ambition makes more trusty slaves than need.

O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!

Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times.