Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.

- George William Curtis

The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental godd…

- George William Curtis

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

- George William Curtis

Dreams come true if you survive the hard times!

- George William Curtis

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

- George William Curtis

Happiness is speechless.

- George William Curtis

It is not the ship so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.

- George William Curtis

Progress begins with the minority. It is completed by persuading the majority, by showing the reason and the of the step forward, and that is accompl…

- George William Curtis

I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer, dream no more!"

- George William Curtis