110 quotes
Strike from mankind the principle of Faith, and men would have no more history than a flock of sheep.
Caxtoniana (1862)
To the man who aspires to know, no man who has been the meanest student of knowledge should be unknown.
Zanoni (1842)
Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light—every eye looking on finds its own.
Caxtoniana (1862)
Happy the man who hath never known what it is to taste of fame—to have it is a purgatory, to want it is a hell!
The Last of the Barons (1843)
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Richelieu (1839)
The heart loves repose and the soul contemplation, but the mind needs action.
A Strange Story (1850)
When the People have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
Alice, or The Mysteries (1838)
There is an old age which has more youth of heart than youth itself!
Alice, or The Mysteries (1838)
The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.
Night and Morning (1841)
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
The Disowned (1828)
Man is arrogant in proportion to his ignorance.
Zanoni (1842)
All doubt is cowardice — all trust is brave.
Little minds give importance to the man who gives importance to nothing.
Night and Morning (1841)
Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors.
The Caxtons (1849)
The good man does good merely by living.
Kenelm Chillingly (1873)
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
Caxtoniana (1862)
In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As "fail".
Richelieu (1839)
When a person's down in the world, I think an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
Night and Morning (1841)
Showing that if a good face is a letter of recommendation, a good heart is a letter of credit.
What Will He Do With It? (1858)
Life consists in the alternate process of learning and unlearning; but it is often wiser to unlearn than to learn.
Kenelm Chillingly (1873)