Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

Love is the weapon which Omnipotence reserved to conquer rebel man when all the rest had failed. Reason he parries; fear he answers blow for blow; fu…

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

To be accurate, write; to remember, write; to know thine own mind, write. And a written prayer is a prayer of faith, special, sure, and to be answere…

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and me…

- Martin Farquhar Tupper

Thought paceth like a hoary sage, but imagination hath wings as an eagle.

- Martin Farquhar Tupper