Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than the harmony of words. To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
I go into my library and all history unrolls before me. - Alexander Smith
I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.
- Alexander Smith
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. - Alexander Smith
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor. - Alexander Smith
A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.
Christmas is the day that holds all time together. - Alexander Smith
Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness. - Alexander Smith
If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.
Trees are your best antiques - Alexander Smith
Trees are your best antiques
In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare to the mild heavens, and the red… - Alexander Smith
In the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October, when the trees are bare to the mild heavens, and the red…
A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker. - Alexander Smith
A thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker.
If we were to live here always, with no other care than how to feed, clothe, and house ourselves, life would be a very sorry business. It is immeasur… - Alexander Smith
If we were to live here always, with no other care than how to feed, clothe, and house ourselves, life would be a very sorry business. It is immeasur…
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