Henry Ward Beecher |
Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won`t.
I don`t like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything.