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

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

- Alexander Smith

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

- Alexander Smith

If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.

- Alexander Smith

Trees are your best antiques

- 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.

- 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…

- 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…

- Alexander Smith